education on earth construction techniques
www.LEHM-erleben.org
our earth construction company
www.raumformen.at
BACKGROUND
working with earth has been a big part of my life for a few years now. Already when I was a child I enjoyed doing bowls and small things with clay. When I grew older I did smaller objects out of clay. And when I started university during my first year I had the chance to go to South Africa to attend a practical training in earth building techniques. After this I knew what kind of architecture I want to design: including and sustainable projects. Then in 2012 I got the chance to go to India thanks to a colleague who was asked to do a research in a village. I happily joined him and I worked on the project until it was completed 2015. To gain more experience in building techniques I went to France in the summer of 2013 to educate myself in rammed earth techniques, also because we considerd to use this technique in India and I met Sebastian, who was really eager also to build with earth in Austria. So we stayed in touch and one day we just decided to do a rammed earth bench at the main square of Linz (see the video on youtube).
And we decided to continue … and still are – as kollektiv.LEHM.erleben!
Some of my experiences in working with earth at a glance
- 2023_ designing a headquarter for a national park @Binder-Lere, Chad
- 2022_ becoming a stakeholder of the earth construction company „Raum.Formen OG“
- 2018_ freelancing for the earth construction company „Raum.Formen OG“
- 2018_ earth workshop during the symposium „Let’s talk about earth“ @ KunstUni Linz
- 2018_ earth workshop during the exhibition „erdig“ @ afo Linz
- 2016_ international summer school by BASEhabitat
- 2015_ internship at Didi Contractor @ India
- 2014_ international summer school by BASEhabitat
- 2013 – now_ kollektiv.LEHM.erleben (several workshops with earth building techniques)
- 2013_ practical training in France with Markus Nolte in rammed earth techniques
- 2012 – 2015_ building teachers accommodations @ Bihar, India
- 2012_ earth workshop with Martin Rauch
- 2010_ building a school @ Magagula Heights, South Africa
- 2009_ earth workshop with Elias Rubin