Course:Straw Bale and Cob Construction
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Date: September 30th, 2009
Time: 6pm-7:30pm
Instructors: Kyra, Spence, Kim, Alex
- Why and how to build them.
- Non load bearing vs. load bearing structures.
- Talk on sustainable/natural building techniques- earthships etc.
- With possible weekend trip to Killaloe during the alternative building open house weekend?
Sources: Alex Crombez, info from Kilaloe tour, Nina (studying natural building at Yestermorrow), Kyra, Nadia (gave a presentation as part of Montreal Shift on natural building techniques), visiting Chertsey earthship again? Application: Tour of MUCS with info about LEED certification and explaining the natural building techniques used on site, including discussing cob bench if that goes through in the summer practicum.
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