Rammed paper workshop

Publicerad den oktober 22, 2013januari 24, 2015 Publicerat i UncategorizedLämna en kommentar

earthLAB invites you to the Rammed Paper Workshop. Learn how to create pots with recycled newspaper in a fun and sustainable way. The workshop starts at 9:00 with a short lecture about the technique and then we continue with the practical seminar. You will learn to build pots that you can bring home for your plants and flowers.

Date: Saturday 9th of November
Place: Ateljen Chalmers Arkitektur, Svens Hultins gata 6
Time: 9:00 – 16:00
Cost: 250 SEK, Student 150 SEK
Note: fika is included but please bring you own lunch.

What to bring: a hammer, your leftovers of newspaper, comfortable clothes and energy!

For booking or further information please contact info@earthlabstudio.com

The rammed earth house (part 1)

Publicerad den augusti 30, 2013december 22, 2013 Publicerat i UncategorizedMärkt architecture, earth architecture, ecological footprint, environment, local materials, natural building, natural materials, rammed earth, sustainable design2 kommentarer

My folks have a small property in the south of Mexico (close to paradise), where they plan to build a house. Their dream is to have a space where they could happily spend their time as a retired couple. I am happy to be part of that dream, and what a better way to do it than with rammed earth! 🙂 Follow the story of this old couple, a crazy architect and a rammed earth villa.

/David

Rammed coffee

Publicerad den juni 21, 2013maj 16, 2016 Publicerat i UncategorizedMärkt natural materials, sustainableLämna en kommentar

Sweden is ranked number four in coffee consumption around the world. Coffee grounds are re-used in compost or many other ways, can we find a new way to re-use coffee waste? I received two buckets of coffee grounds from Casa Progreso, the idea was to mix coffee and clay, and ram it to see the results. It was very interesting to see the possibilities of this combination; but, since coffee is an organic material it can mould. Maybe a different way of drying the rammed coffee would help?