Natural Building: Abroad by fish town’s end

The Outdoor Bath “House”

Fri, 9 May 2008 17:40:22 +0200

It seems Achim is just as much a water-being as I am, and has envisioned a spa for Valle de Sensaciones, under the open sky. In the picture you see above, on the left side, the left of the wall will

Structures of Valle de Sensaciones

Fri, 9 May 2008 17:15:13 +0200

La Bola The Guest House Casa 3 Alamos Musical Treehouse This one is still a work in progress: each of the triangles pointing down will have mus

Valle de Sensaciones

Fri, 9 May 2008 16:49:54 +0200

I’m so happy - and so much more comfortable - on this alluring land with companionable people living ecologically and artistically. Valle de Sensaciones, deep in Las Alpujarras of southern Spain, b

Building Stone Walls

Fri, 2 May 2008 20:50:40 +0200

This land, this region, is laden with stones. Mostly flat on parellel sides, they are perfect for building. The stones are laid in horizontal courses, each course alternating where the stones joined

Building the Load-Bearing Pillars

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:20:05 +0200

The walls of the community kitchen/space structure will be a construction of stones, perfect in size and shape, found in abundance on this land and in this region. Concrete mortar will be used for it

Building Frames and a Roof

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:26:27 +0200

With 2 boards, at 22 cm x 4 cm x 225 cm, Sonja was able to cut 6 lengths – 3 for each door frame – to get a maximum width from each, 6.5 cm. Placing this width to face the door left plenty of space

Laying a Rubble Trench Foundation

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:04:18 +0200

While working out the design plans for the communal kitchen and adjacent space, I was able to contribute a few key concepts in sustainable design: a rain-water catchment system incorporating the exist

Communal Table

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:30:24 +0200

During the first week, before more women arrived, we built the hexagon-shaped table and bench that had already been designed (I was very delighted to hear this having read The Shamanic Way of the Bee

La Molina

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:27:22 +0200

Spring Quarter has come; and I’ve made it to the first of three places I’ve been communicating with. (Though the other two may not be getting to their building projects before June – the end of this

Winter Quarter Review

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:58:04 +0100

Winter 2008, Mexico Summary of Activities and Learning By Fish TownsEnd “Natural Building…assumes the need to minimize the environmental impact of our housing and other building needs while providin

On a More Personal Note...

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:37:10 +0100

Sarah's Cob House

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:09:47 +0100

Sarah, from England, built her cob home with only The Hand-Sculpted House, by Evans, Smith, and Smiley, as her guide. Her house, as she describes it, is more a series of columns than walls, filled in

My First Structure

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:52:29 +0100

In order to satisfy my need to build an actual structure, we began constructing an outhouse. First thing was to make level ground: We collected from the many rocks in the area and built up a small r

Site Preparation

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:46:50 +0100

The house won’t be happening until next building season; though, they did finally get the road built: 4 meters across to allow for truck deliveries of water and gas. They also made sure to keep the n

5th Week Review

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:24:01 +0100

This is the end of week 5 for this 10 week quarter. And still construction, on the house I was hoping to help build, hasn’t begun. Though, if all goes well, we should begin to build the stone fo