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PIRATE : Fournir les instructions et les ressources pour l’évaluation et la formation dans la construction en terre

Ce projet Européen, soutenu par le programme de financement Leonardo da Vinci (dédié à la formation professionnelle), rassemble 18 partenaires de 8 pays, dont l’objectif commun est d’introduire le matériau et les procédés de construction en terre dans la formation initiale et continue des professionnels du bâtiment. Pour la première phase du projet, des artisans […]

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Asia Events Rural Seminars & conferences Techniques of construction Vernacular heritage

Second International Troglodytic Architecture Conference

RICHT is planning to organize the Second International Troglodytic Architecture Conference in 7-8 October 2015 in Tehran. Building on the first national Conference held in 2012 in Kerman, this one tries to cover the widest possible studies and researches all around the world. Poster of the conference For more informations: www.sicota.ir/index.php?sid=1&slc_lang=en

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Earth Building UK and Ireland conference and workshop week: CLAYFEST June 8th to 13th 2015

Earth Building UK EBUK have run successful conferences around the country for the past 8 years. This year we are raising our goals and running four days of workshops followed by a conference and tours of local earth buildings. The renaissance of earth building in the UK reflects not only the beauty and utility of […]

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Festival Archi Matières

Le Pays Voironnais organise le festival Archi Matières du 8 au 14 juin 2015. L’Atelier Alba réalisera une installation en terre crue avec une performance musicale et dansée (Troupe Processus Vital) qui aura lieu lors du décoffrage de la pièce, le samedi 13 Juin de 16h à 17h. Dans le cadre de ce festival, il […]

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14th Grains d’Isère Festival

CRAterre, amàco, Les Grands Ateliers and their partners are happy to invite you to the 14th Grains d’Isère Festival on earthen architecture. The Festival will take place from May 27 to May 30 at the Grands Ateliers in Villefontaine and proposes 4 days open to the public and free of entry for exploring the extraordinary […]

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Karibu Kilwa: Kilwa district heritage resources

Parution du catalogue du patrimoine de Kilwa en Tanzanie. Ce document fait l’inventaire des sites touristiques autour de Kilwa: village de pêcheurs, salines, îles, patrimoine architectural, sites naturels, curiosités géologiques, faune, etc. Pour télécharger le document, cliquez ici. Publication of the catalogue on the cultural heritage of Kilwa in Tanzania. This document is an inventory […]

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Clay plaster – come and learn

Clay Plaster training material has been brought into Estonia, Finland and Sweden in the “Northern Clay Plaster Project, Professional Qualification for Working with Natural and Sustainable Building Materials”, shortly NCPP. For more information : www.northernclay.eu Using earth or clay as building material has a century old tradition in these countries, but in the last 50 years, […]

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Conservation des architectures de terre sur les sites archéologiques: nouvelles pratiques et perspectives

Cet ouvrage rassemble les communications présentées lors du séminaire international La conservation des architectures de terre sur les sites archéologiques : nouvelles pratiques et perspectives. Ce séminaire a été organisé par le laboratoire CRAterre-ENSAG de l’Unité de recherche AE&CC à l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble du 26 au 28 mai 2014. Ce séminaire international […]

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Conferencia. Tapia: conceptos. Classification. Aptitudes ante su restauracion

Desde la Cátedra UNESCO de Arquitectura de tierra, culturas constructivas y desarrollo sostenible, os enviamos la información relativa a la próxima conferencia del ciclo de este curso. La próxima conferencia tendrá lugar el viernes 27 de febrero a las 12h en la Sala de Proyecciones de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universitat […]

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Réhabiliter le bâti ancien en Dombes

Cette plaquette, destinée au grand public, concerne la réhabilitation du bâti ancien en Dombes. Les auteurs expliquent comment améliorer le confort d’une maison ancienne, comment l’isoler, quels matériaux utiliser et qui contacter pour intervenir sur ce type de bâti. PACCOUD, Grégoire, GÉNIS, Léa, 2014. Réhabiliter le bâti ancien en Dombes: conservation des valeurs patrimoniales et […]

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Call for communications: Terra 2016 – XIIth World Congress on Earthen Architectures / 11-14 July 2016

Terra 2016 is the twelfth in a series of international events organised since 1972, bringing together academics, professionals and experts, and a broad audience gathering around earthen architectures. The congress is organised under the aegis of the ISCEAH Committee of ICOMOS international, in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP). The […]

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Two new exhibitions on earth construction in Paris

Two new exhibitions on earth construction in Paris starting in December ! Grains de Bâtisseurs Building with earth, from material to architecture From December 13th 2014 to March 14th 2015 Considering sand castles in a different way     L’Espace des Sciences Pierre-Gilles de Gennes hosts till March 2015 an exhibition on building with grains. The […]

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Reconstruire Haïti après le séisme de janvier 2010: réduction des risques, cultures constructives et développement local

The present work is a synthesis of the cooperation between many Haitian and international organizations who have decided to unite their forces and knowledge in order to deal in the best possible way with the problems caused by the reconstruction of the housing environment following the earthquake in January 2010. The proposed approach is the […]

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Revalorisation de maisons en torchis en Colombie

Les Zones rurales en Colombie ont comme caractéristique la construction de maisons en torchis, en particulier pour les plus démunis, parfois en situation de grande pauvreté. Largement dévalorisé dans l’imaginaire local, ce patrimoine est souvent mal entretenu, se dégrade, ce qui rend ce bâti plus vulnérables aux risques liés au changement climatique. Cette situation est […]

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CRAterre: newsletter n°6, novembre 2014

This newsletter aims at keeping you informed about training opportunities, the most interesting coming events, as well as on a selection of our projects. It allows you to directly reach the web pages where more information is available. Read the newsletter