The Scottish Lime Centre Trust Presents: Introduction to Indigenous Earth Building Traditions and Techniques.
This 2 day workshop aims to provide an introductory guide to a range of earth building techniques including materials science, conservation of earth structures and buildings and construction methods using earth based materials.
Dates:3 – 4 October 2018
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Trainers: Becky Little (Rebearth Ltd), Tom Morton(Arc Architects) and SLCT Trainers
Venue: Merryhill Training centre
Price: £320.00 + VAT
This new 2 day course complements our existing range of courses for the repair, conservation and maintenance of traditional buildings and bridges a knowledge and experience gap required for the effective repair, conservation and maintenance of earth constructed buildings which unknowingly abound our landscape in Scotland. Scotland has a rich but largely forgotten heritage of earth buildings which is slowly gaining recognition through recent projects and publications. There is also a global revival for earth and natural materials in eco-construction.
Becky Little (Rebearth Ltd) and Tom Morton (Arc Architects) have over 25 years’ of experience working with both earth here and abroad and they will share their knowledge across a range of disciplines, including sourcing and testing materials, mixing and making samples, building and repairing structures and applying finishes.
By the end of this workshop course attendees will be able to recognise earth and clay built structures and buildings and will gain an understanding of earth materials science, construction methods and the conservation requirements for their effective repair.