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[Resource] Youtube channel “UNESCO Chair – Arquitectura de tierra, culturas constructivas y desarrollo sostenible”

Created in 2015, the Youtube channel “Cátedra UNESCO – Arquitectura de tierra, culturas constructivas y desarrollo sostenible” contains the cycles of conferences and activities carried out by the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain under the direction of Camilla Mileto and Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares.   Playlists available Ciclo de Conferencias 2013-2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOdZJ3TlRRc&list=PLNx1OPdqZXt-MF3MP8rNJC1NZ600VVc9v Ciclo de Conferencias […]

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[Training] Auroville Earth Institute: New Online Training Dates and Info

We are happy to inform you that we have scheduled training program for the next year 2022. The courses are conducted by both online and on campus, which aims to promote technologies of raw and stabilized earth for construction and other appropriate building systems.   These online courses will give all the theory required on […]

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[Workshop] Making Earth Into Architecture (Mabiti, 16-17 december)

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and the French Agency for AlUla Development (Afalula) launched a pilot residency program in November 2021. This pilot edition, operated by Manifesto, is an 11-week residency gathering six artists from Saudi Arabia, the region, and the world.Their research and work will focus on the oasis, one of AlUla’s most […]

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[Conference] Making Earth Into Architecture, Invitation to a talk by CRAterre (AlUla, 15 December)

Date : Wednesday 15 December 2021 Time : 7:30 PM Location : Mabiti AlUla As part of the weekly public program of the AlUla Art Residency, we are delighted to invite you to « Making Earth Into Architecture », a talk by CRAterre a French non-profit working on earthen architecture. Anis Saoudi, architect and urbanist at CRAterre, will present earthen […]

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Postgraduate | BASEhabitat – Final application round

APPLY NOWFinal Call: until Dec 18, 2021Find all the info at: www.basehabitat.org/postgrad BASEhabitat invites built environment professionals to develop radically new ideas for dealing with today’s global challenges.   Become a builder of change The built environment has an enormous role in the way we live together in this world.Understand how to manage socially responsible planning […]

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Terre, Femmes et Savoir-faire 2e édition, 27 sept. – 10 oct. 2021 (Villefontaine, France)

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer le lancement de la deuxième édition de l’événement Terre, Femmes et Savoir-faire :   De l’ombre à la Lumière. Pigments naturels, de l’archéologie à la création contemporaine  L’événement aura lieu du 27 septembre au 1 octobre 2021 aux Grands Ateliers.   A l’instar de la première édition, cette manifestation, placée sous […]

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Heritage module of the DSA-Earthen architecture, Grenoble (France)

The DSA «Earthen Architecture» is ongoing in Grenoble. The training is combining theoretical courses in the ENSAG premises and practical activities in the field. Despite the pandemic, most of the courses were held in class rather than online, allowing students to benefit from the knowledges from their fellow students as well as from the teachers. […]

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Construcción con Tierra. Permanencia del pasado y tecnología actual

“Construcción con Tierra. Permanencia del pasado y tecnología actual ” – XV Congreso de Arquitectura de Tierra en Cúcuta, Colombia. 2018 Coordinadores: Félix Jové Sandoval. José Luis Sáinz Guerra. Javier Alfonso Cárdenas Gutiérrez. ISBN: 978-84-09-25126-1Noviembre de 2020Publicación online. Ver publicacion completa.   Resumen El legado que recibimos del pasado, que vivimos en el presente u […]

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Project 3DPAST – Living and virtual visiting European World Heritage

The project 3DPAST – Living and virtual visiting European World Heritage was just concluded, and can be visited at: www.esg.pt/3dpast/ The project was coordinated by Escola Superior Gallaecia (esGALLAECIA), as project leader, University of Florence (UNIFI) and University Politecnica de València (UPV), as partners. It was developed in the framework of CREATIVE EUROPE Programme, with […]

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Universidad Metodista de Piracicaba – UNIMEP

Presentation of the institution En Brasil, la Universidad Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP) inicia su curso de Arquitectura y Urbanismo en 1994. En 1996, con la participación de cuatro arquitectos-profesores de la casa y profesores invitados de CRATerre (Francia), se inicia la formación en Culturas Constructivas con Tierra en el curso de graduación en Arquitectura. Con […]

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Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Presentation of the institution Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA) began in the early 1907’s liberation Beiping Li Industrial Vocational High School for Beijing Architectural College (when he was vice mayor of Beijing, a famous historian Wu Han as president), approved by the State Council in 1977 as a university, renamed Beijing construction […]

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Bitumen-stabilized earthen architecture

A new article by a member of the Chair is available on ScienceDirect. DANEELS, Annick, ROMO DE VIVAR, Alfonso, CHÁVEZ, Laura, REYES, Marisol, TAPIA, Everardo, LEÓN, Mayra, CIENFUEGOS, Edith et OTERO, Francisco Javier, 2020. Bitumen-stabilized earthen architecture: The case of the archaeological site of La Joya, on the Mexican Gulf Coast. Journal of Archaeological Science: […]

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Terre, Femmes et Savoir-faire, 19-31 octobre 2020 (Villefontaine, France)

Les Grands Ateliers, dans le cadre de la « Chaire UNESCO architecture de terre, cultures constructives et développement durable », mettent les femmes au cœur de leur action et lancent la première édition de Terre, Femmes et Savoir-faire en octobre 2020. Ce premier évènement, initie un cycle d’activités qui traitera de ce sujet sur plusieurs […]

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Elémenterre: educational kit | Elémenterre: mallette pédagogique

ElemenTerre is an educational tool for discovering earth in general. It is a tool for understanding the transformation of a natural raw material, earth, into a sustainable building material. This is an introduction. The ElémenTerre kit, as its name suggests, the elementary bases for discovering the different components of earth matter as grain matter, the […]

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DSA “Earthen architecture, building cultures and sustainable development” – academic year 2020/2021

The DSA “Earthen architecture, constructive cultures and sustainable development” is a post-master’s program, accredited by a national diploma of specialization and advanced study in architecture (DSA- Diplôme National de Spécialisation et d’Approfondissement en Architecture), qualified by the French’s Ministry of Culture and issued by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG). Admissions for the […]