2012 WORKSHOPS
We are currently planning and scheduling a variety of natural building workshops for the 2012 season. Please stay tuned for more information or contact us directly for more information at this time.
NATURAL BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP
April - September 2012This year, Day One Design is looking to host up to two full-time apprentices for a variety of natural building projects. Potential projects include timberframe, cob, strawbale and straw-clay techniques as well as earthen plaster over these wall systems. These projects are located at four different central Oregon sites. Lodging options may be available, however local applicants are preferred (Eugene and Grants Pass regions). Serious inquiries only encouraged at this time.
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Sustainable Shelter Series - Summer 2012
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Dates to be announced -- 2012
We will be hosting a series of building workshops at this family homestead in Southern Oregon. Techniques to include Timberframing, Light Clay Straw and Earthen Plasters.
July 29 - September 14, 2012
The Sustainable Shelter Workshop Series is a 7 week course designed to empower participants with the ability to design/build/renovate their own home using simple techniques and natural, vernacular materials. During this course we will start from the ground and move up teaching not only the art/science of natural building and green design, but the corresponding appropriate technologies essential for successfully integrating your shelter into a permaculture landscape.
The course is taught by a TEAM of Pacific Northwest natural builders with over fifty years of experience in the field whose teaching emphasis is direct, hands-on involvement for the students complimented by classroom/theory time when appropriate. During the course we will be constructing a 200 sqft. model …
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