Eco-Building/Mudwork Area Renovation Photos

Here is the site at the beginning of our renovation; an old seedhouse framework unused for over ten years. Many agricultural materials were layed about and weeds were free to grow thick:



We began clearing the site of weeds and organizing the agricultural materials into separate areas:


We were left with a potentially excellent metal framework that had been bent out of shape over time.  To the right is a variety of wild and fruit trees that will be pruned back, interplanted with other edible plants, and maintained as an indoor/outdoor garden for a future kitchen area:


So, Shai from the municipality came to restructure the metal:


Shai welding the beams:


After an excellent job, we used a gift of 80 meters of black lycra material as a shade cover to allow for sun protection while we worked during the summer day (notice that around this time we received a shipment of 300 strawbales!):


Sierra preparing the lycra to stretch across the beams:


Ready site!


Our first building project was raising a strawbale wall.  We first filled tires with styrofoam debris found during site clearing and began to lay the bales:


We layed each level in a "running bond" like brickwork for proper support and inserted rope loops in between bales to install exterior pole supports (Merav pictured):


Hang out area.


Here's how it looked from the exterior: We took the wall down at the end of the season.


Mud-mixing area, winter 2008.


Summer 2008, the volunteer neighborhood sleeping grounds:


Summer 2008, volunteer neighborhood kitchen:


Check out the shower/toilet construction photos.

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