EBUK - Earth Building UK Conference and AGM 2012, January 13th, York

Earth Building UK Conference and AGM 2012, January 13^th, York.

The conference will explore the use of earth and clay plasters with leading experts. The use of earth and clay plasters has increased in recent years, with interest groups concerned with the conservation of historic buildings, ecologically sensitive new construction, alongside a growing interest from industry in innovative materials. 

The conference is a brilliant opportunity to meet fellow EBUK member and exchange ideas.

Find out more on the website by following this link: http://www.ebuk.uk.com/index.php/?p=317

Conference Location: The Ron Cooke Hub at the University of York, Heslington, York. YO10 5GE. http://www.york.ac.uk/hub/facilities/

Conference fee: The conference fee for EBUK members is £42.00. This includes refreshments and lunch. If you are not already an EBUK member the conference fee is £63.00 (this includes a full year’s membership of EBUK).

Post conference tour: Saturday January 14^th 2012. A tour of York House, Malton to view the historic building and get an expert introduction to the earth mortars and plasters investigated and conserved in the recent conservation project. This tour will be with Nigel Copsey (Earth, Stone and Lime company) and Ben Gourley (University of York).

Showcasing your work: Space will be available for display of materials and products.If you offer services or products, the conference is a great place to showcase your work and support EBUK at the same time. You can promote your project or business at very reasonable rates throughout the conference. For example, for £160 you can put up a display next to the main conference room or for £60 put brochures into every delegate's conference pack. For more details about sponsorship email lu_ebuk@btinternet.com or telephone 01944 728441.

Students: Fancy a free conference? Load your images of earth buildings in the UK to our EBUK Flickr  stream.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/earthbuildinguk/

The EBUK directors will decide on a winning image and the winning image will be announced on the day.  We will reimburse the conference fees for one student. The winning image will be announced on the day.

Spread the word: Please spread the word of the Earth Building UK conference to your colleagues and friends – EBUK is a network fostering the understanding, appreciation and development of building with earth.

www.ebuk.uk.com

'Witchcraft versus smart power: who owns human rights in the postcolonial world?'

Interesting talk at St Catz College, Oxford. 8pm tonight!

'Witchcraft versus smart power: who owns human rights in the postcolonial world?'

The talk is based on historical research in Zimbabwe and the presentation is intended to stimulate questions and discussion, rather than provide a fully-formed argument. Prof. Jeater is looking to identify an interface between international political ideologies and local Zimbabwean understandings of human rights and community morality.
Prof Jeater has an interest in how indigenous ideas about spiritual and community well-being have been harnessed, distorted or destroyed by the work of international NGOs and solidarity organisations; about the consequences of this for politics in Zimbabwe in recent times; and about the implications for Suzanne Nossel's advocacy of 'smart power' as a way of maintaining US hegemony in a changing world.

The Small Change Forum: ingenious people make better places

One day conference hosted by community arts organisation, Multistory, and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University

Friday 7 October 2011

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford

Creative cultural action, including participatory arts, as the catalyst for community development is the theme of this one day conference. To these ends it will explore how small, practical and mostly low budget creative interventions, if carefully targeted, can act as catalysts for big and long lasting change designed to improve people’s environments and opportunities. This simple but powerful ideal demands significant changes to the way we think, do and organise in order to sustain, which will be explored as both theory and practice at the conference.

The conference will be organised into keynote presentations, thematic presentations, afternoon break out discussion sessions, and final plenary discussions. Thematic presentations (case studies, papers and reflective pieces) will be organised into the following Small Change themes: doing, thinking and sustaining. These will be presented by practitioners from non governmental organisations (NGOs), creative arts and academic sectors.

Keynote presentations will be made by development practitioner, Nabeel Hamdi, and community arts consultant, François Matarasso. Thematic sessions will include presentations from Scott Burnham (independent consultant), Penny Evans (Knowle West Media Centre), Barbara Wood (Schumacher Foundation), Jamie Young (RSA), Julia Slay (New Economics Foundation), Mukul Dhawan (AzkoNobel: Let’s Colour Project), Liljana Alcheva (Habitat for Humanity, Macedonia), and Danielle Smith (NGO, Sandblast).

This event will launch The Small Change Forum, designed to promote small change learning and practice through its documentation and analysis of case files. Each event, as part of this initiative, will disseminate new ideas, tools, methods, practical wisdoms, principles in order to inform teaching and practice, and to create a policy environment conducive to change.

Registration and Costs

The conference fee is £30 / £20 concession. For registration please go to:

www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/oisd/architecture/cendep/conferences.html

For further information please contact Jeni Burnell, Forum Chair, at: jburnell@brookes.ac.uk

Ecovillages and Sustainable Living Conference 2011 - Portugal

This year the Ecovillages and Sustainable Living Conference will take place in the South of Portugal, in a wonderful ecovillage called Tamera. Having been there before, I strongly recommend attending, not only for the conference itself (which I imagine should be quite interesting), but also to enjoy the experience of spending some time in an idyllic place! Since I have spent a week there, a few years ago, I have been telling myself that I must repeat the experience. Unfortunately it will not be this time... Maybe next year.

Hope you can make it!

via: Global VIllage Network

7. Jul 2011 - 11. Jul 2011 in Tamera ( Portugal )

This conference will give participants a deeper understanding of cutting edge developments of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), focusing on GEN-Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Opportunities will be provided to learn about and practice facilitation methods and pedagogies used during the conference (experiential learning, action learning, participatory learning, incorporating the wisdom and diversity of participants). This year there will be a special focus on the dimension of education.

Ecovillages act as research and training centres for sustainable development within wider society. The hosting Ecovillage of Tamera serves as a living example and field of practice for the themes of the conference.

The themes of this year’s conference include:
Collaborations for Sustainability – Inspirations from the Global Ecovillage Network
New developments in the Global Ecovillage Network, with a focus on Europe and Africa. In-depths exploration of Tamera’s solar village and water landscape in theory and practice.
Widening networks for Resilience – Broadening the concept of 'Ecovillage'
Transition of traditional villages to ecovillages. Interaction and cooperation with academia, social entrepreneurs and policy makers. Ecovillages and Transition Towns. Empowered Fundraising.
Education for Sustainability - GEN-Strategies
Ecovillage Design Education – Gaia Education. Presentation of the new two-year curriculum ‘Transition to Resilience – Learning Adventure for Change Agents’. Children and Youth.

The conference will be facilitated by Capra Carruba and a team.

The presenters and facilitators of workshops are : Kosha Anja Joubert ( South Africa, Germany and Scotland, UK ) , Macaco Tamerice ( Germany and Italy), Adama Ly ( Senegal ), Lua Bashala-Kekana ( Congo and South Africa ), Nara Petrovic ( Slovenia), John Croft ( Australia and Germany ), May East ( Scotland, UK and Brasil ). Other presenters to be confirmed…

Each day of the conference will start with lectures in the mornings, followed by mini-workshops in smaller groups to deepen one of the themes of the morning. There will be lots of opportunities to get to know the other participants and more informal exchange.
The Venue

Tamera in Southern Portugal is an international training and experimental site for the development of peace research villages and healing biotopes worldwide. Approximately 200 people live, work and study in Tamera. Tamera’s aim is to develop an example of a model for a non-violent co-existence of people and between people and nature.

Simple living is an important value in Tamera and the accommodation is mostly in dormitories and big tents with floors and beds. Some rooms with simple standard are available in the guest houses. All accommodation is within walking distance to the conference site.

The community kitchen in Tamera prepares vegan, organic meals with as many local and regional ingredients as possible.

For more information on fees and registration click HERE

Earth USA 2011

Earth USA 2011 will take place September 30, October 1 and 2, 2011 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico - USA.

This is the Sixth International Earthbuilding Conference sponsored by Earth USA (emerging from the Adobe Association of the Southwest), the Adobe Construction Program of Northern New Mexico College, the National Hispanic Cultural Center and Adobe in Action.

Earth USA 2011 indicates a wider field of interest than previous conferences and will include adobe, rammed earth, compressed earth block: CEB, and monolithic adobe: cob. Any material or method that uses clay as a binder is considered.

Paper subject categories are:

1. Historic buildings and cities including their stabilization, preservation and conservation
2. Education and information transfer including codes, norms and regulations
3. Physical and thermal properties of materials and structures including seismic, flood and storm resistance
4. Construction methods
5. New architecture and construction projects including renovation, modernization and re-purposing of existing buildings
6. Poster session

Submit your abstract as an e-mail attachment in .DOC format no later than May 3, 2011. Please address your e-mail to:

Quentin Wilson, Speakers Committee
earthusa.org@gmail.com

For more information and to download the abstract template visit:
www.earthusa.org

Conference Languages:

Spanish and English: Simultaneous translation of presentations from the podium is not anticipated without surprise funding sources. Papers will be printed in the 2011 Conference Proceedings in the language received. Papers received with translations will be printed in both languages. PowerPoint presentations are encouraged to be labeled in both languages.

Conference Fee:

Conference registration will cost $185 USD for a 2-day pass (Sept. 30 & Oct. 1) with a reduced price for students. Authors and presenters also pay the registration fee. Earth USA 2011 is a small conference with few financial resources. A one-day tour to local earthbuilding sites will be available on Sunday, Oct. 2 with the cost still to be determined. Four and five-day earthbuilding courses and workshops are being planned from October 3 through 7 and will include topics such as basic adobe construction; rammed earth construction; arch,vault and dome construction and lime plasters.

Accommodations:

Hotels with special rates will be announced shortly. Early hotel reservations are advised since the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is running parallel to the conference. Campers might consider the Rio Bravo State Park south of the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Isleta Boulevard. Meals will be available at La Fonda del Bosque - the restaurant on site at the National Hispanic Center. Other restaurants can be found in the immediate area.

Upcoming earthen construction courses/workshops/conferences

Conferencias LA TIERRA CRUDA: un material de construcción actual
ENTRADA LIBRE - Se entregará certificado de asistencia
Programa:

Miércoles 16/03
9-10. Fuentes documentales para su difusión e investigación. Mercedes Ponce.
10-11.30. Adobes y entramados: caracterización y aplicación. Ana González.
12-13.30. Tapia: caracterización y aplicación. Jacinto Canivell.
13.30. Mesa redonda


Miércoles 23/03
9-11. El revoco: caracterización y aplicación. Laurent Conquemont.
11.30-13.30. La construcción actual con tierra cruda. El caso portugués y español. Francisco Seixas.
13.30. Mesa redonda
Salón de actos de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla.

Av. de Reina Mercedes. Sevilla, España.

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TALLER INTERNACIONAL DE ARQUITECTURA SOSTENIBLE CON TIERRA

realizarse en Subachoque, Colombia.

Marzo 11 al 20 de 2011

El taller se programo dos fines de semana, 6 días y 48 horas de vivencia practica....durante el taller realizaremos practicas de las siguientes tecnicas:

1- BOVEDAS MEXICANAS

2 -PRODUCCION DE BTC

3- BAHAREQUE PREFABRICADO

El valor del taller en pesos colombianos es de $580.000 el equivalente a 320 dólares.

Este valor incluye, la transferencia del conocimiento, seguro de accidentes, materiales de construcción, equipo de trabajo, herramientas, certificado y transporte local, desde Bogota hasta la obra en SUBACHOQUE (38 Kms de Bogotá/ Dpto. Cundinamarca/ COLOMBIA).

Esta dirigido por el Bovedero Maxiano Arq. Ramon Aguirre, y estará presente un maestro especialista en Bóvedas. la coordinación será realizada por la Arq. Lucia E. Garzón, en la alianza profesional de dos expertos de la red PROTERRA, entidad que respalda este taller.

Para mayor información pueden escribirnos y desde allí se les entregara mayor ilustración con la preinscripción en el correo electrónico tallerarquitecturatierra@gmail.com
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TALLER CONSTRUCCIÓN CON TIERRA - Valencia, España
29/4 - 1/5/2011

via: http://www.arquitecnicaruzafa.com/sala/actividades/taller-construcci-n-con-tierra

Organiza: Arquitécnica Ruzafa

Impartido por: Laurent Coquemont: Técnico formador, especializado en construcción en tierra y bioconstrucción, conservación del patrimonio en tierra y en formulación y aplicación de hormigones y morteros de cal. Formador especializado en cursos certificados de construcción con tierra. Formador oficial del museo de la cal de Morón

Contenido:

Presentación de la construcción con tierra por los tiempos y el mundo Construcción contemporánea en tierra y técnicas.

Adobe, BTC

Práctica de tapial

Presentación en Valencia del libro "Arquitecturas de Tapia" de Fermín Font Presentación del documental " La tierra asoma. Amayuelas"

Horario: Viernes y sábado de 9:00 a 14:00 y de 16:00 a 20:00 y domingo de 9:00 a 15:00 h.

Cuota de inscripción: 220 € incluye comidas (opcional vegetariano) Observaciones precio: plus 50 € si se incluye alojamiento nº mínimo alumnos:15 nº máximo alumnos:22

Más información e inscripciones: e-mail: info@arquitecnicaruzafa.com Tel. y Fax: 0034 96 3801527

Dutch Studygroup Earth construction

via: arquitectureasdeterra

Dutch Studygroup Earth construction

Conference: 17th of March 2011 in Tilburg, in the southwest of the Netherlands.

It’s already 20 years ago that the first little modern house in the south of Holland was built in clay with some enthusiastic volunteers. This marks the beginning of several projects, workshops and publications about earth and earth construction in the Netherlands. Meanwhile there are several professional architects, builders and manufacturers specialised in earth construction. The Dutch Association for Integral Biological Architecture (VIBA) recently started the Dutch Workgroup on Earth Construction.

It has the aim to centralise and share the knowledge present nowadays, to organise excursions/workshops/seminars, to research and make publications, start a database, participate on an international level etc.

For more information contact Sjap Holst eco-design@arTchitecture.nl or Charles Thuijls info@leemwerk.nl.

The first coming big event of the DWEC is the Dutch National Conference on Building with Earth. Planned on the 17th of March 2011 in Tilburg, in the southwest of the Netherlands.

Gernot Minke will start the conference with a presentation about research and the qualities of clay. We’ll have several masterclasses about durability of clay, designing wit clay, large-scale clay construction, and the possibilities of mechanization.

On the site there will be several practical workshops during the day. For more information see www.sbr.nl/leembouwcongres.

EarthUSA 2011

via: eartharchitecture.org

EarthUSA 2011 will be Sep 30, Oct 1 and 2. Location will be at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

This is the Sixth International Earthbuillding Conference sponsored by the Adobe Association of the Southwest and Northern New Mexico College. The National Hispanic Cultural Center and Adobe in Action will also be sponsors. The Adobe Association of the Southwest is expected to turn itself into Adobe USA.

EarthUSA 2011 indicates a wider field of interest than previous conferences and will include adobe, rammed earth, compressed earth block: CEB, and monolithic adobe: cob. Any material or method that uses clay to bind it together is considered.

Calendar:

May 3: Abstracts due

Jun 3: Acceptance notifications

Aug 5: Full Papers due

Sep 9: Proceedings go to press

Sep 30, Oct 1: Conference and Trade Fair

Oct 2: Tour

Oct 3 -7: Classes, Workshops

Oct 1 - 9: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Categories/Themes:

1. Contemporary earthen architecture, construction and engineering

2. Historical buildings, farms, villages and cities including cultural connotations

3. Conservation, Preservation, Replication, Remodeling, Modernizing, Re-purposing

4. The role of earthen materials in heating, cooling, sustainable, ecological, renewable and green design

5. Codes, norms, building methods, material science, seismic considerations

6. Earthbuilding education and technology transfer

7. Marketing strategies for earthen materials in the modern world

Conference Languages:

Spanish and English

Papers will be printed in the Conference Proceedings in the language received. Papers received with translations will be printed in both languages PowerPoint presentations are encouraged to be labeled in both languages.

 

Costs:

The Conference Registration will cost $185 USD with reduction for students. Authors and presenters also pay the registration fee. EarthUSA 2011 is a small conference with few financial resources. A one-day tour will be available Sunday for local earthbuilding sites the cost to be determined. Four and five-day courses and workshops October 3 through 7 are being planned and will include basic adobe construction; rammed earth construction; and arch,vault and dome construction.

LEHM 2012

via: eartharchitecture.org

Every four years the Dachverband Lehm e.V., the German Association for Building with Earth, organises an international conference and trade fair on building with earth in a different earth building region in Germany together with an excursion in the region.


We are pleased to announce that the LEHM 2012, the 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, organised by the Dachverband Lehm e.V. will take place from 5 – 7 October 2012 in Weimar, the birthplace of the Bauhaus and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The LEHM 2012 will encompass the conference with presentations and poster session on 5 – 6 October 2012 and an excursion on 7 October 2012. The conference programme will cover the following topics:

-Earth building norms and regulations
-Current research in earth building
-Training and education in earth building
-Sustainability in earth building
-Contemporary earth building
-Earth building in renovation

The presentations, papers and poster session contributions will be published in the conference proceedings to accompany the conference. The ‘Call for Papers’ opens in April 2011.

7th. European Straw Bale Gathering 2011

7th. European Straw Bale Gathering

23rd-27th August 2011

Bouzov Podoli, Czech Republic

13-20/8 Straw bale building workshop

Tuesday 23/8 8-16:00 Optional bus tour

Tuesday 17:00 Start of ESBG. Social evening with music.

Wednesday Hands on workshops during day, plenum evaluation and social slide show evening.

Thursday “Open Space”: Sharing of information in large and small groups; further development of topics through evening “World Café”, leading to work groups.

Friday Conference, press meeting and concert.

Saturday 4th National Natural Building Celebration, a joyful mix of trade fair, hands-on workshops, music and presentations. 16:00 Closing circle of ESBG. Camp fire evening

Sunday 28/8 1st National ‘Open Door’ day of residential straw 10-17:00 bale homes
 
 
ESBG 2011 Price:


From 15/02 until 15/03: 150 Euro
From 15/03 until 01/07: 200 Euro
From 01/07 until 23/08: 240 Euro

Fee includes program, materials, meals etc. but does not include transport or accommodation.

Conference: African Perspectives 2011

I have just received an email with the latest information about the African Perspectives 2011 conference. The call for papers is now open!

From ArchiAfriKa Newsletter

This special edition of the ArchiAfrika newsletter brings to you the Call for Papers & Call for Pictures of the African Perspectives 2011 conference.

The focus of the 5th African Perspectives conference is the ‘African Metropolis’.

In recent decades, many cities on the African continent have experienced unprecedented urban growth. They are described as booming cities or mega-cities. Most of them make concerted efforts to pluralize their relationships with the larger world and with each other and to play an effective role within the network of leading metropolises. As such, they no longer function primarily only as political coordinators of national space or as the fulcrum of national economic productivity but exceed this role. This ‘metropolisation’ trend of the African city encompasses a two-fold process. It refers to changing positions and leveling up to enter a global urban system competition. This essentially relates to local processes of urbanization and urban experience, including the definition of new territorial boundaries and the emergence of new urban identities and centralities.

To read further please click on link provided:

http://www.archiafrika.org/files/AfricanPerspectives%202011_ENG.pdf



Conference in Marseille - 4 & 5 May 2011

 "To build out of earth: from the historical heritage to the contemporary architecture"

via: Terra Incognita

Organized collectively by the Ecole d'Avignon, within the framework of the Terra [In]cognita project, and by ICOMOS France, within the framework of its technical days, this conference will take place in Marseille, on May 4th and 5th, 2011, in the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur.

The first day will be dedicated to the results of the Terra [In]cognita project: European cartography of the earthen architecture and state of preservation, identified European professionals involved in the field. It will be the occasion for these actors to testify of their reflection, their researches and their realizations in the field of earthen construction and earthen heritage preservation, the purpose being to make them meet itself and exchange with the aim of the creation of a European network of earthen construction.

The second day will be dedicated to the preservation of the earthen architectural heritage in France, to its techniques, its innovative technologies, its fields of research, its know-how and the professionals involved in the field. It may however be the echo of international initiatives that will fuel debate and discussion on national approaches and practices.

Information concerning this conference will be available in February, 2010 HERE.

Terra 2012 - Call for Abstracts

The international community interested in earthen architecture is invited to submit abstracts for the XIth International Conference on the Study and the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Terra 2012, which will take place in Lima, Peru on April 2012.

Recently, the world has witnessed an increasing number of natural disasters, many of these affecting earthen architectural heritage. Terra 2012 will emphasize preparedness and response to natural disasters and climate change in relation to earthen architecture.

The abstract must be written in Spanish or English (official conference languages) and should indicate the conference theme under which the proposed paper will be included. The format model is available at the conference webpage: http://congreso.pucp.edu.pe/terra2012/. The abstracts must be submitted before Monday, 28th of February 2011, via email to terra2012@pucp.edu.pe.


For more information click here.

Africa International Conference - Portuguese Architecture and Urbanism

Africa International Conference - Portuguese Architecture and  Urbanism

(language - Portuguese)

27, 28 Jan 2011 - Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (university's website)

Conferência Internacional África - Arquitectura e Urbanismo de Matriz Portuguesa

Dias 27 e 28 de Janeiro de 2011 (sala 55) Palácio dos Condes do Redondo (Sede UAL)

Programa:

27/01/2011

10.00	Abertura por José Manuel Fernandes, José-Augusto França e Miguel Figueira de Faria
10.30	Conferência Inaugural África em Lisboa, ou Lisboa Africana - José-Augusto França
11.30	Intervalo
	Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Guiné-Bissau I – Moderado por Helena Barreiros
12.00	Ribeira Grande/Cidade Velha de Santiago de Cabo Verde - História e Património, situação actual - Fernando Pires, Arquitecto
12.30	Mindelo o Assentamento Urbano, corpus teórico e a praxis urbanística - João Sousa Morais, Professor Catedrático da F.A. - U.T.L.
	Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Guiné-Bissau II – Moderado por José de Monterroso Teixeira
14.30	A cidade de São Tomé - Teresa Madeira, ISCTE,IUL, Dinâmia,CET
15.00	O Gabinete de Urbanização Colonial e a arquitectura de promoção pública na Guiné Bissau durante o Estado Novo - Ana Vaz Milheiro, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
15.30	Intervalo
16.00	Debate

28/01/2011

	Marrocos, Angola, Moçambique e África Oriental I– Moderado por Filipa Ramalhete
10.00	Urbanismo e arquitectura em Angola, século XX: processos de transformação do território - Manuela Fonte, Arquitecta
10.30	Património moderno na cidade pós-colonial. Arquitectura em Angola: de Luanda ao Lobito -Ana Magalhães, Arquitecta
11.00	Uma mão cheia de impressões e de projectos (Arzila e Safi, em Marrocos, Moçambique, Quíloa e Mombaça, na Costa Oriental, com outros comentários de permeio) - João Sousa Campos, Arquitecto
11.30	Intervalo
	Marrocos, Angola, Moçambique e África Oriental II – Moderado por Miguel Figueira de Faria
12.00	Do Ibo e da Ilha ao Maputo, arquitecturas urbanas em Moçambique – Júlio Carrilho e Luís Lage, Professores Doutores Arquitectos
12.30	De Maputo à Beira, uma "selecção moderna" - Elisiário Miranda, Arquitecto
	Almoço livre
14.30	Debate
16.00	Intervalo
16.30	Conferência de Encerramento por José Manuel Fernandes, Professor da FAUTL – Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Da Índia a Moçambique e a Angola, influências na arquitectura, séculos XVII a XIX

Inscrição:

25 Euros - público em geral
Gratuita para alunos da UAL

Chamo a atenção para a seguinte apresentação pelo Professor José Manuel Fernandes - "Igrejas na África Portuguesa: relações com a Índia e o Brasil, nos séculos XVII e XVIII", onde outros temas, se irá abordar o seguinte:

"Temas construtivos ligados à chamada “arquitectura da terra”, comuns às igrejas do Cuanza (Angola) e de Damão (India) – é o caso dos contrafortes ou “gigantes”, apostos às fachadas ou empenas, construídos com o uso da terra (adobe, taipa). Refiram-se as igrejas de N.S. da Conceição de Muxima e a N.S. da Vitória de Massangano, no Cuanza, e a Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, no Campo dos Remédios, em Damão, India."

2011 International Conference on Earthen Architecture in Asia

2011 International Conference on Earthen Architecture in Asia
Mokpo, Republic of Korea, October 11th – 14th, 2011

Further information:
TerraAsia 2011 (PDF)
Website: terrasia2011.org (For accessing to all data and directives)
Email: TerrAsia2011@gmail.com (For sending abstracts and articles)

Framework:
Mokpo National University, its Department of Architecture, partner of the UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture, building cultures and sustainable development, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Korea, and the Institute of Earth Architecture in Korea (TERRAKorea), are the organizers and hosts of the 2011 International Conference on Earthen Architecture in Asia, that will take place October 11th to 14th, 2011, in Mokpo. The conference results from the will to activate exchanges between the public, academic, scientific and private sectors involved in research and study activities on immovable earthen cultural heritage, on the earth materials, and on earth construction techniques, as well as in the revival of up‐to‐date earthen architecture in the Asian Region, and to confront this regional background to the international community also involved in the field. This type of event has not been carried out at such a large scale since the international conference in Beijing, China, in 1985 and it represents a unique opportunity for discussing the most recent achievements in specific fields related to earthen architecture as well as the substantial and significant work carried out by the countries of the Asian Region, and to disseminate updated information at the regional and international levels. 

Goals:

The conference aims principally at assessing the state of the art in research, fundamental and applied, as well as the research and development (R&D) related to earth architecture in the Asian Region, to study recent developments in the field of heritage conservation (archaeological sites, historical and monumental architecture, vernacular building cultures), recent architectural design and housing projects, and recent achievements valorizing the use of earth for promoting a cultural continuity and contributing to the sustainable development and preservation of the cultural diversity.

Contributions:
This conference will include specialists from throughout the Asian Region but will also accept other international contributions that will be selected by the scientific commission which should contribute to create more active exchanges and networking among professionals of the academic, scientific, public and private sectors dealing with earth construction, architecture, and innovation in earth building materials and techniques.
 

Themes:
Theme 1 : History of earthen architecture in Asia and other regions of the world (limited opening) :
• Archaeological sites and historical monuments
• Vernacular architecture and traditional building cultures
 

Theme 2 : Actuality and prospects for earthen architecture in Asia and other regions of the world (limited opening) :
• Fundamental investigations on the material, research and development (R&D)
• Architectural design and sustainable development
 

Organizing Commission:
Department of Architecture of Mokpo National University : Professors Heyzoo Hwang, Taehoon Kim, Il Choi, Ji‐Min Kim, Yank‐Ki Oh, Jeong‐Gyu Kim, Chang‐Geun Yoo, Tae‐Hak Roh TERRA Korea (Institute of earthen architecture of Korea) : Chung‐kee Lee, Jongwon Lee, Minkyu Koh, Jongkook Lee, Soonwung Kim

Scientific Committee:
Members of the UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture, building cultures and sustainable development, National Superior School of Architecture of Grenoble, France 

Members of ICOMOS‐ISCEAH: International Scientific Committee for earthen architectural Heritage
Other scientific personalities (Japan, China, India, and other countries)
 

Program:
Tuesday 11th: Opening of the conference
Presentations of the 1st Theme, part one
Wednesday 12th: Presentations of the 1st Theme, part two
Presentations of the 2nd Theme, part one
Thursday 13th: Ending presentations of the 2nd Theme
Friday 14th: Guided tour
 

Important dates:
March 30th 2011: Submission of abstract
April 30th 2011: Notification of abstracts’ acceptance
June 30th 2011: Sending full papers
July 15th 2011: Notification of papers’ revision
September 15th 2011: Final paper delivery 

EBUK 2011 Conference and AGM - Earth Building in the UK

EBUK 2011 Conference and AGM
Earth Building in the UK – the practitioner’s perspective

18th January 2011. Arup Offices 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T4BQ
EBUK AGM 10.30 – 12.00am / EBUK Conference 13.00-17.00 pm

This conference explores the practitioner’s perspective of building with earth in the UK. Speakers include those working, designing, producing and practicing in the UK, sharing their experience with the market and the providers, addressing motivations and frustrations from the practitioner’s perspective.

Conference speakers include:
Dirk Bouwens (EARTHA) You will not believe it: Six Storey Earth Windmills and Maltings.
Tom Morton (ARC architects) title to be confirmed
Amrit Row (Space Magic Garden Design) Exterior unprotected rammed earth: the nervous landscapers perspective. A project in Bath.
Adam Weismann (Cob in Cornwall) The relevance of building with unfired clay in the modern construction industry.
Paul Mallion (Conker Conservation) Barriers to Specification and Adoption
Nigel Copsey (The Earth Stone and Lime Company) The historic and future use of earth mortars in Malton and beyond
Daniel Doran (BREEAM Materials Team, BRE) BRE Green Guide Ratings for Rammed Earth – a case study
 

A final conference timetable will be issued shortly.
 

Conference Costs: £15 EBUK members £35 non-members (includes subscription to EBUK for 2011).
The conference fee includes refreshments and lunch provided on the day. Please indicate any dietary preferences in your email.
 

To register for this event please email Louise Cooke stating your attendance at the AGM, Conference or both events. lucooke@btinternet.com.
 

Cheques to be made payable to EBUK
Send to: Louise Cooke, Old Bridge Barn, Yedingham, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8SL.

Further information - www.ebuk.uk.com

Taller de Arquitectura y construcción en Tierra

Seminario- Taller de Arquitectura y construcción en Tierra, a realizarse del 18 al 20 de Mayo de 2011 en Bogotá, Colombia
Organiza: Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Arquitectura (ACFA) y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana- Bogotá

Objectivos:
Principal
Difundir y capacitar a los participantes con una visión eco-sostenible,sobre las posibilidades que brinda la construcción en tierra, exaltando la importancia de transferir saberes y tecnología.

Específicos
Exponer los avances en investigación y construcción de la tierra como material de construcción en el mundo y en Colombia.
Identificar los diferentes sistemas constructivos empleados en las edificaciones en tierra y sus características estructurales.
Conocer las propiedades físico- mecánicas de la tierra como elemento estructural y su comportamiento ante eventos sísmicos.
Comprender y facilitar experiencias sobre transferencia tecnológica con tierra como recurso material que aporta a un ambiente integral.

Temáticas:
1. Arquitectura Moderna: Nuevos proyectos y sustentabilidad
2. Patrimonio y restauración: Investigación e intervención
3. Transferencia Tecnológica: Educación, formación y capacitación
4. Ecosostenibilidad: Proyectos sustentables y sostenibles

Recibo de ponencias hasta el 25 de Enero de 2011 en terratectura2011@gmail.com
Mayores informes en: http://sites.google.com/site/terratectura2011/file-cabinet

Second Conference on Mud Brick Architecture - Earth Architecture Mud, Stone & Shale

via: eartharchitecture.org

THE UNIVERSITY OF HADRAMUT FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUKALLA & DA‘WAN MUD BRICK ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION

Are pleased to announce the Second Conference on Mud Brick Architecture to be held in Hadramut in 2011 under the title: Earth Architecture Mud, Stone & Shale.
The conference will provide a platform to discuss and exchange information amongst international architects, academics, participants and foundations on the condition of past and future cities with innovative and creative projects in construction and design including a wide spectrum from Chile to India.
This intends to create an important link and exchange between North and South, east and west, where the technology architectural language and environment of earth architecture requires to be more seriously and effectively implemented.
The fact that it is being held in the heart of the kingdom of mud brick architecture, Valley of Hadramut, serves a significant case in point.

Venue: Say’un, Wadi Hadramut Republic of Yemen
Dates: 28 February – 4 March 2011
Official Language English & Arabic for presentation - (Papers in French will be accepted for publication in the Conference proceedings).
Conference Themes:
1. Architectural Rehabilitation and Development
2. Modern & Contemporary Buildings: Innovation, Construction and Design (Case Studies and Projects)
3. Yemeni Cities & Vernacular Architecture at Risk: Dilapidation, Destruction & Flood Damage
4. Future Use of Restored Residential Clusters & Heritage Landmarks
5. Environmental Issues: Sustainable Planning Methods & Guidelines

Attending international participants include leading specialists, academics and architects from India, Chile, Portugal, Italy, UK, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and France.

Queries please contact Salma Samar Damluji at: salmasamar@damluji.org

Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

This Monday the 29th will mark the 16th edition of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP). Kicking off in Cancun, Mexico, COP16 and CMP6 will provide a place for global minds to meet and address all things environmental. The meeting, which will run until December 10th, calls representatives from across the globe to discuss and assess progress in dealing with climate change, as well as the future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol. This year one of our writers, Moe Beitiks, will be heading south of the border and reporting on all the most pertinent developments and discussions at COP16, so keep your ears and eyes open as this global conference unfolds.

via: Inhabitat

EBUK (Earth Building UK) Annual Conference - 18th January, London

Just to let all of you earth building enthiusiats know that the EBUK's (Earth Building UK) annual conference will be held on 18th January 2011 at the offices of Arup, 13 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ

More information on this will appear on the EBUK's NEWS Page as it becomes available, including costs, speakers, agenda etc....

I will also post the information here as soon as it is made available.

Hope to see you all there!