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Advanced Earth Architecture Design: Master Class by Iliona Outram Khalili, PhD, RIBA. Email [email protected] to request the course brochure and to register.
Learn the language of earth/masonry architecture
in a central London retreat, among historic
examples. Touch the living traditions of earth/
masonry architecture through theory and hands-on
classes. You will learn how to design and build
using inclined brickwork in arches, domes and
vaults, and how to cluster these into larger
buildings, eco-villages and a sustainable urban
block. Learn how to analyse traditional masonry
buildings where you live and how their design
principles fit into the 21st century’s new
technologies such as 3-D printing.
Today, earth/masonry architecture is a necessity for
human beings: its natural coolness protects us
from unbearable climate-change heat in summer;
its thermal mass is a heat-core in winter; its thick
walls shield us from city noise and electromagnetic
pollution. The earth’s freely available wealth can
be used with minimal processing, yet a billion
people today live in shanty towns unable to afford
manufactured materials. Millions struggle to pay
for homes that will not withstand natural disasters.
Yet healthy homes of stone, brick, gypsum, clay,
sand, slate, wood, straw, and beautiful marble
have become desirable and valuable properties.
If you believe that architecture needs a spiritual
basis to be sustainable this could be the right
course for you. Earth/masonry architecture
contains an ancient hands-on meditation that
started thousands of years ago. It has built historic
religious buildings, and also everyday homes and
work-places. It has a tangible spirituality that
builds both the building and the builder.
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Central London, United Kingdom, 98 Central Street, London, EC1V 8AJ, United Kingdom,London, United Kingdom
