Plan and elevation - it's 6.5m in diameter and the legs are 2m long
A rather confusing isometric
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Bamboo workshop - what we made!
Plan and elevation - it's 6.5m in diameter and the legs are 2m long
A rather confusing isometric
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Next Event
The workshop and lecture this week will be from Jack Everett
Bamboo construction: "no more straight lines"
www.jackeverett.co.uk
Bamboo construction: "no more straight lines"
www.jackeverett.co.uk
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Strawbale Workshop
What did everyone think of the workshop?
What were the best bits and what could have been better?
What were the best bits and what could have been better?
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Strawbale Workshop
I've managed to get all the straw out my hair!! It was a fantastic day. We constructed 2 types of straw bale walls, timber frame infill and load bearing, all made on Chug's special trailer!
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Sustainable construction - next event!
This week's workshop and lecture will be straw bales led by Chug Tugsby and his website is www.strawbale-building.co.uk
The lecture is "Straw bales: buildings that don't cost the earth" at 6pm
See you there!
The lecture is "Straw bales: buildings that don't cost the earth" at 6pm
See you there!
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Rammed earth pics
crushing the clay
sieving the clay
ramming
adding more earth
the second layer of formwork
adding more earth
the finished wall
after 3 days weathering - better than ever!Monday, 3 March 2008
Is anyone interested in building an ecohouse?
Is anyone interested in building an ecohouse in the university (if we can get permission). Seeing as half of the university is currently a building site this could be a possible proposal. The building could be used to hold further sustainable building workshops (good marketing for the university), lectures etc. The labour would be free and all volunteers would get a valuable experience to add to their CV's. I think it would be a good project to do over the summer, when other deadlines are finished. It could perhaps be done over a series of weekends. As Bob from the lime centre showed - with enough people and good organisation it is possible to do this in a short space of time. I know of a few people who would be interested in this already. If we could set up a list and a meeting for interested parties this might be possible..
Let me know what you think...Clare Nunneley
Let me know what you think...Clare Nunneley
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