Bristol Green House 2008
Stop Global Warming
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This website is the on-going documentation of Rik Lander's project to build a workshop in inner city Bristol using eco-principles. The over-riding principle is to bring as little in and take as little away as possible.

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To express an interest or book your place, email: build@bristol
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LATEST NEWS
Thursday 1st of May
It's amazing what a bit of a tidy up will do. I took this through the window at the back. Not looking too shabby though. Read the blog here.

Newt News!
The newts have been getting frisky, doing their strange mating dance and laying eggs in the new pond. AND I found a fox sleeping on the roof last week.
Foundations
Tyre walls
Straw bale walls
I-beam roof
Living roof
Clay/Lime render
Insulation
Earthbags

Learn green building skills by doing.

Rik Lander is building a workshop in a back garden in Ashley Down, North Bristol, using straw bale, rammed earth tyres and rubble filled gabions. The walls will be rendered with clay from the site and the building will have a living turf roof constructed from wooden i-beams.

Over the summer we have run courses on many aspects of green building and worked with Amazon Nails and Brighton's Low Carbon Network, builders of the Brighton Earthship. The project is on-going and there will be further volunteering opportunities.

The purpose of running the courses is to demystify the building process so that ordinary people can build in sustainable ways.

We are using the construction techniques of the future using the principles of re-use, recycling and low embodied energy.

Come and help us build this ground-breaking building and learn how to build your own. Volunteering is essentially an exchange of labour for knowledge.

Courses:
Clay rendering.
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Living roof construction.
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Straw Bale problem solving and clay work course.
With Barbara Jones.

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Straw loose-fill insulation.
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Gabion foundations.
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Car tyre retaining walls.
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I-beam roof construction.
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Straw bale wall construction.
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Get in contact to express an interest and we'll keep you informed of progress.