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Creative Outdoor Eco-Architecture Weekend |
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Some images from the successful eco-architecture event, in which a small sculptural building was constructed by a team of over 30 delegates and volunteers over three days. |
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| Constructing the wall plate before the event | Kuba giving an introductory talk on foundation design to the group | Preparing the wall plate on site | Cutting hazel pins | |||||||||
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| Laying the foundations using materials reclaimed from a disused area of the site | Kuba demonstrates how to shape the bales into a curve to form our spiral design | Putting it into practice | Bale bending | |||||||||
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| Huw drills holes in the floor plate noggins for securing the hazel pins | Bale "frenzy" commences | Gravel ensures a free draining support to the wall | First day draws to a close | |||||||||
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| Getting the bales into line | Lifting on the roof plate | Door frame | Reaching the top of the wall | |||||||||
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| Strimming the loose straw | Putting on the first coat of lime render to the external wall | The energetic method for making lime/straw filler | Mixing the lime/sand render | |||||||||
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| Mixing clay and sawdust for coating the internal wall | Comedy hammer drives in the hazel pins | Fixing the roof plate | Busy rendering | |||||||||
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| Finally a rest to admire the hard work | The magnificent composting toilet | Public exhibition area | Neill's scale model of our design for the demonstration building | |||||||||
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