Årsta Kyrka´s vision of community engagement meets earthLAB´s mission of collaboration and knowledge sharing in the development of new building techniques. earthLAB will be cooperating with Årsta Kyrka to run two free workshops:

RAMMED PAPER POTS
Date: Wednesday 8th of April 2015, 18.30-21.00
Location: Bråviksvägen 47, 120 52 Årsta
For more information: David Martinez at 0727126898 or david@earthlabstudio.com
To join a workshop: send an email to info@earthlabstudio.com. Write your name, phone number and name of the workshop you want to take.

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RAMMED EARTH CANDLE HOLDERS
Date: Wednesday 20th of May 2015, 18.30-21.00
Location: Bråviksvägen 47, 120 52 Årsta
For more information: David Martinez at 0727126898 or david@earthlabstudio.com
To join a workshop: send an email to info@earthlabstudio.com. Write your name, phone number and name of the workshop you want to take.

Right outside of Alingsås, in Simmenäs, Daniel and Karolina are building their straw bale house. Me and fellow Earth Lab members, Shea and David, take care of the design for a rammed earth wall which will be built in the center of the house. The wall of rammed earth will serve as a heat storage and a buffer for heat changes.

Building a rammed earth wall indoors is convenient as the issue of weather protection is already solved. The design challenges include connecting it with existing walls of straw bale and to a ceiling. The connection to the stove deserves aesthetical as well as structural consideration as that is the heart of the energy efficient building.

There will be a course held in relation to this project where you can come to learn and practise rammed earth building with us. The course takes place during the weekend 7-8 of march. Follow this link to sign up.

Daniel and Karolina have a blog (in Swedish) about the building of the house: http://halmhuset-korpaberget.blogspot.se/

Detail model (1:5). Studying the connection of rammed earth wall to existing structure.