The UNESCO Chair
ECVET Earth building is a matrix of units of learning outcomes that are conceived for construction, renovation and decoration with unfired clay materials. For much more information please see https://ecvetearth.hypotheses.org Each unit relates to a set of tasks that together form an activity specific to earth construction sites. Each activity, thus each Unit, may be […]
L’Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech met en place l’été 2016, en collaboration avec la Wilaya Marrakech-Safi, le Conseil Régional Marrakech-Safi, le Conseil Communal Marrakech Medina, le Conseil Communal Mechouar Kasbah, la Direction Régionale de la Culture Marrakech-Safi, l’Union REMPART, l’Association Al Muniya Marrakech, et sous l’égide de la Chaire UNESCO ATCCDD, des chantiers de bénévoles annuels, […]
The Auroville Earth Institute in South India is pleased to share its November newsletter with the earth building community. You can view it as a PDF file here. Please feel free to download it, print it and share it.
Submission to Terra Award till Thursday, November 26, 2015 You have built on one of the 5 continents one or more earthen constructions in adobe, cob, CEB or rammed earth. We would be delighted to include them in our prize list! What can you win? – visibility for your earthen buildings on our international database; […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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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The second BASEhabitat Summer School ON MODERN EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE AND BAMBOO CONSTRUCTIONS will take place in Austria from 14.-28.07.2014 Topics: Learn in theory classes about material science, seismology, history and future of earchten and bamboo architecture Try out in practical workshops how to build with earth and bamboo Discuss about the challanges of sustainable architecture […]
Satprem Maïni, director of the Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) was invited from the 19th to 24th Dec. 2013 by Mr Kim Soonwung and Dr. Heyzoo Hwang, from TerraKorea, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the “School of UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture in Korea” and to give a presentation during the International Symposium on Earth Architecture, […]
1st Workshop in Korea
Suite à la signature d’une convention entre la collectivité locale « Wanju-Gun » et TerraKorea, la « School of UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture in Korea » a inaugurée en mai 2013 et la cérémonie officielle a été organisée en décembre 2013. Nom officiel de l’école : School of UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture in Korea Nom du directeur : Soonwung KIM […]
Le DSA “Architecture de terre” est une formation post-master valorisée par un diplôme national de spécialisation et d’approfondissement, délivré par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication de France. La formation s’inscrit dans les activités de la Chaire UNESCO “Architecture de terre”, visant la mise en place de programmes d’enseignement avec des organismes […]
