self-construction and prefabrication. How can these apparently contrasting approaches be combined? This is one of the questions investigated during the LearnBI0N workshop in Benevento.

The third LearnBIØN-workshop started this week in Benevento

The workshop participants will contribute to the realisation of a set of fix furniture for the new barbecue area of Caffè dell'Orto - Fattoria Sociale Orto di Casa Betania, a social enterprise that uses urban farming as an opportunity for persons with disabilities or social difficulties to have an independent live. All the structures will be built with raw earth, namely with the technique of rammed earth.

After several weeks of intense preparation work and uncertainty due to the Covid-19 crisis, we are finally pleased to announce that Workshop BIØN² #1 Design&Build with Straw Bales has started! Our 18 participants coming from 5 different countries (Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Belgium) just arrived in the small and nice village of Villasbuenas de Gata (Cáceres, Spain), that will host the workshop from 3 to 30 august 2020.