Design and Build with Poured Earth
3rd – 30th October 2021
Design and Build with Poured Earth, a 4 week building workshop in Oficinas do Convento NGO, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal in collaboration with ACTYVA-Miga from Spain.
Explore Poured Earth mixtures, innovative formwork, different patterns and imprints, building large prototypes, finishing by building a 1:1 wall.
The workshop will be a 20% theoretical - 80% practical training of 4 weeks, divided in three thematic blocks.
During the first week we will experiment and learn the basics of earth building though empiric and laboratory tests, through which go deep into the poured earth technique. In the second and third week we will prototype different mixtures with different soils and experiment with innovative formwork in large prototypes, allowing the groups to improve from one week to the other. During the forth week we will build a storage space at the Earth Laboratory prototyping 1:1.
The hands-on training on the building site will be complemented by theoretical sessions, visits and invited lectures in which we will learn more in detail about the following topics:
- Building with Earth
- Empiric and Laboratory Tests
- Principles of Poured Earth
- Formwork for Poured Earth
More information
Download the workshop information sheet to learn about the application, fees, accommodation, important dates and how to arrive.
Apply to the workshop
Please complete the online application.
Once we receive your application and confirm your registration, we will send you the information on how to proceed with the payment.
According to the calendar announced by the government concerning COVID-19, there shouldn’t be any restriction avoiding the workshop to take place in July, at least for national participants. Even though we would be obliged to cancel the workshop, the fees will be reimbursed to each participant.
If you have any questions, please contact learnbion@gmail.com.
News from the workshop
Oficinas do Convento – Associação de Arte e Comunicação (OC) non-profit NGO for Culture, Art and Communication, based in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, since 1996.
It is a NGO for Development since 2009 and a UNESCO Center since 2010. Develops its artistic activity essentially in the Visual and Sound Arts, Design and Heritage, through artistic promotion, training, production and dissemination.
Montemor-o-Novo is a small town in Alentejo, a low developed region, with low population density and aged population. Low development of the region has as result a high unemployment rate, especially in the young population, which translates into the arising of a local NEET (young person not in education, employment, or training) community.
Oficinas do Convento
Tânia Teixeira, Project Coordinator, Management and Research
taniadpteixeira@gmail.com