Stardome Workshop - Portugal

PROJECT: 7m diameter StarDome with wattle and daub stem wall framed with recycled wood

ADVANTAGES: beautiful aesthetics, no previous building skills, quick construction, monolithic lightweight structure, open floor plan, low cost

TECHNOLOGIES:
Star Dome – 3V 3D Mandala
Wattle & Daub: Combination of geological and biological material for convex stem wall
French Drain: water removal and drainage
Nylon Cement: mechanically superior, light weight weather proofing
Sacred Geometry: bioResonance between the human body and pentagramal convex shapes.

EXPERIENCE:
This 6 days workshop will be facilitated by Christopher Gardner, a skilled sustainable builder based in Costa Rica who completed his Earth building practicum with Cal Earth Institute in California.
He has been building and facilitating workshops for the last 7 years, both in the United States and Central America and has a strong background experience in Permaculture and Appropriate Technologies