Earth Building Weekend Workshops (Saturday AND Sunday)

Earth Building Weekend Workshops (Saturday AND Sunday)

Facilitated by Green Architect + Natural Builder, Laura Marini and Hosted by Fire-Resilient Designer + 'Kinship' Owner-Builder, Daryl Taylor

By Kinship Kinglake

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Sun, 28 Apr 2024 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM AEST

Location

Kinship

19 Ward Street (mobile: 0497097047) Kinglake, VIC 3763 Australia

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About this event

If you're interested in developing practical knowledge and skills in ecological building techniques, or exploring alternatives for building an affordable home based on permaculture and biotecture (Earthship) design principles, then these two day workshops are for you.

At these practical hands-on workshops you will learn how to:

  • evaluate earth components
  • mix, stomp and fashion cob
  • mix and apply natural renders
  • construct and finish cob walls
  • prepare and pour an earth floor
  • make and lay mud bricks and mortar
  • add innovations and flourishes
  • work productively as a team with shared purpose

Join us for a weekend in beautiful Kinglake Victoria and experience the festival atmosphere of joyful, creative and collaborative home building.

Sleep in the solar passive ecologically designed fire-resilient Earthship, share delicious home-cooked meals and enjoy the warmth of good company around the fire-pit under the Milky Way.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

While you're in Kingslake, you are also free to take the opportunity to explore the mountain hinterlands, wet scherophyll rainforest, majestic waterfalls, extensive water catchments, abundant wild animals and birdlife, surreal sunsets and spectacular views of the city skyline.


WORKSHOP DATES & TIMES

This series of Kinship Natural Building Weekend Workshops is being offered over the following weekends:

  1. Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 April, 10am-5pm, OR
  2. Saturday 4 May & Sunday 5 May, 10am-5pm

Please note: If you are unable to make it for both days, you are welcome to join us for one day over the weekend. Just get in touch to let us know what you would most like to learn and experience and we can let you know which day will best meet your needs.


COST

$125 for two days (inc. overnight accommodation)

$70 for one day

Two meals provided each day.


WHAT TO BRING

  • sleeping bag and pillow
  • change of clothes
  • sturdy shoes
  • musical instrument or favourite Spotify playlist

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Organised by

Kinship Kinglake

Kinship Kinglake is a post-Black Saturday, eco-resilient Earthship designed to withstand extreme bushfires and the threats of climate disruption. Kinship Kinglake and owner-builder Daryl Taylor have been featured across a wide range of media, including ABC Radio National, RRR FM, The Age and The National Sustainable Living Festival.

At Kinship, Daryl regularly conducts property tours, hosts workshops and runs short courses.

> Kinship tours include a detailed site inspection of a global model Earthship inspired dwelling and the biotecture retrofit of a pre-existing solar-passive mud-brick house alongside an extensive and open discussion of the processes and concepts that drive the project forward.

> Workshops covering biotecture natural building and permaculture garden design are run with Green Architect and Natural Builder, Laura Marini.

> Short courses will be launched in the second half of 2024. Topics include: systems thinking, pattern literacy, futures studies, disaster preparedness and environ-mental health.