Natural Building Workshop – Strawbale Round House Building with Reciprocal Roof

During this weekend workshop you will be constructing a 8 meter round strawbale and timber pole round house structure with a earth covered reciprocating roof, a spiral stair case through the centre of it and a earth floor. Seeing this project come to fruition and learning all the steps and building techniques will equip you with confidence, skills and knowledge to build you own.

This 3-day long weekend workshop will teach you how to:

Build with strawbales. It will take you through the process of building with strawbales from preparing the site to end and provide you with the skills of straw bale building as well as a range of other building techniques and methods.
How to source, make and apply first coat of render to strawbales
Build with sandstone and tree poles. See how posts are used
How to make an reciprocal roof. You will be constructing a reciprocal roof on-site
How to Build an Green Roof. It will cover the theory and process of how to make an earth covered green roof.
How to make an earthen floor. It will cover the theory and practice of how to make a rammed earth floor.
A range of building skills and techniques. Working alongside professional builders and trainers, you will be building and acquiring skills throughout the process.