Sunday, September 5, 2010

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Building a load bearing straw bale house

2nd-3rd October 2010 from 9-17 in Pickala Gård
An educational workshop for all who are interested.
The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop. We will raise the walls of a small building and prepare for inserting windows and doors.

More course info here

Monday, June 28, 2010

Building a load bearing straw bale house

August 21st - 28th 2010 from 9-17
An educational workshop for all who are interested.

The idea of this workshop is to educate anyone interested or curious about building with straw bales. This will be done in a hands on approach and is open to all. You don’t have to be a professional to participate in this workshop.This is an on-going workshop where you are welcome to join for the whole time or drop in as you wish. More course info here

Building a small straw bale house

In 14 - 17 May 2010 we ran a course in Solberg where we raised a small strawbale building. This course was aimed mainly at professional builders. Check out some impressions here.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Clay plastering a small straw bale house

Saturday 19th June & Saturday 3rd July
In our efforts to present strawbale building as a viable and excellent housing choice to the finnish consumer we are presenting a number of courses aimed at professionals from different areas of the building industry.

As a logical next step we’d like to welcome you to our upcoming course featuring clay plastering techniques. More course info here

Monday, February 8, 2010

Roundpole fencing workshop

Saturday April 17th 2010 09.00-17.00
Svarfvars organic farm, Near Meltola in Karjaa.

A one day, hands-on course in the basics of traditional round-pole fence building.
The day is spent working with wood and fire to erect a stretch of fence from prepared materials. Everything needed to build a fence is supplied. The course will teach the basic techniques of setting poles and tying horizontals with branches, to material acquisition and preparation. More workshop info here

Building a small straw bale house

Friday 14 - Monday 17 May 2010

In our efforts to present strawbale building as a viable and excellent housing choice to the finnish consumer we are presenting a number of courses aimed at professionals from different areas of the building industry.

Our previous course was mainly for planners, and this time around we'd like to invite builders and entrepreneurs to join in. The aim of the course is to cover all aspects of building a strawbale house using some of the most advanced techniques available today. More course info here

Monday, January 25, 2010

Straw bale building workshop in the UK

From the 20-27th of February 2010 Charlie will be attending an international workshop at Amazonails in the UK. This is an important step for us to increase our skill levels in natural building and bring us up to date with recent developments in Europe.