2011-07-26

土チューブ Earth Sausages

ミンケ先生は土チューブ構法を開発しました。
土チューブで作られた壁

綿で作られたチューブに軽量土、つまり軽量骨材と土で出来た配合、を詰め込んで、土チューブを作ります。

収縮によるひびわりを防ぐために60-70cmが最大の長さらしい

軽量骨材

土塗り Earth Plastering

様々なサンプル

粘土と砂の配合サンプル

富山ストローベイルハウス協会の吉本宏明氏

研究施設内のストローベイル建物の壁を塗っています

興味深い日本の鏝

2011-07-25

土建築講座 Earth Building - Introductory Course at Kassel University

7月25-30日にドイツカッセル大学で行われた土建築講座に参加しました。日本から16人、チェコから3人、タイから一人が参加しました。
July 25-30 participated in an Earth Building Course taught by Gernot Minke and Dittmar Hecken of Kassel University, Germany. There were 16 participants from Japan, three from the Czech Republic, and one from Thailand.
一日目午前中に土建築の第一人者ミンケ先生が土建築について講演して、午後に一週間のワークショップの準備をしました。
2日目から午前と午後に分けて、毎日二つのテーマについて学びました。テーマは例えば
日干し煉瓦作り Producing adobes
日干し煉瓦積み Filling framework with earth blocks
版築 Rammed Earth Building Technique
土塗り Earth Plastering
軽量充填構法 Light Mineral Infill
アーチ構法 Nubian Vault
土チューブ構法 Earth Sausages
修復 Repairing

2011-07-24

コブレンツ Koblenz

July 22-24, visited Kej Uchiyama, a Japanese friend who lives in Germany. She teaches Eurythmy and practices Shiatsu in Frücht, near Koblenz. http://www.oasis-des-lebens.de/
Organic farm in Frücht

Rudolf Steiner School in Mittelrhein
Kej、ありがとうございました!

2011-07-23

More Photos from the Straw Bale Workshop in Plouha, France

7月18-22日にフランスPlouha市で行われたストローベイル・ワークショップの写真をいくつか紹介します。


施主さんJordがベイルを積んでいます

ベイル積みが終わりました

ストローベイルビルダーFranckが土を塗っています


ストローベイルビルダーフランクさんのホームページは下です。
http://embrunsdherbe.blogspot.com/

2011-07-22

ストローベイル・ワークショップinフランス Straw Bale Workshop in Plouha, France

July 18-22 participated in a straw bale workshop in Plouha, France lead by Franck Debouté. Really impressed with the people, the landscape, the architecture and the food. The people were open and genuine. The landscape was absolutely beautiful: Wheat fields and small herds of dairy cattle on pasture; old, simple, but beautiful stone buildings. And the bread, cheese, beer and wine was great. really.

Mixing station

Two stories with loft

First floor

Franck and workshop participants applying clay slip to bales

Screening stones from the clay slip

Fermenting the body coat

Playing cards

Great people and food!

Compost sawdust toilet

Kyle emptying the toilet

The last day we went to the beach. Had a swim in the Atlantic.

2011-07-17

Franck Debouté and Karine Montagnon

Arrived in France on July 15 and spent the weekend with Franck Debouté and Karine Montagnon of Plogoff in Brittany.
Franck is a natural builder and Karine is an architect.

They've built a beautiful straw bale home and straw bale guest house

Straw bale and earth sofa and earthen floor

Guesthouse entry

Waterproof Tadelakt lime plaster

Composting sawdust toilet

2011-07-08

ストローベイルハウスin軽井沢 Straw Bale Home in Karuizawa

July 1-8, continued work on Tetsu and Yukiko's straw bale home in Karuizawa, Nagano-Prefecture.
Produced several samples for the bathroom finish using combinations of black volcanic soil from the site, clay, hydrate lime, and straw fibers.Mud wasps coming to steel clay from the walls.
Will they carry the house away?
I caught Fujita-san, the next door neighbor, peeing in his garden. He said that at first, he worried that the urine would burn the plants. Quite the contrary. His potato plants are enormous.

2011-06-17

ストローベイルハウスin軽井沢 Straw Bale Home in Karuizawa

June 16-17 continued work on Tetsu and Yukiko Ito's straw bale home in Karuizawa.
Truth Window
The blue door covers a window through which the straw can be seen.

2011-06-15

岐阜県 塩月邸 ストローベイルハウス Straw Bale Home in Gifu-Prefecture

June 14-15 visited Shiotsuki-san in Gifu-Prefecture. Shiotsuki-san is currently building a straw bale home. Interesting foundation detail. Shiotsuki-san intends to attach metal lath at the bottom of the bale wall and plaster with mud. For further details, please see Shiotsuki-san's blog: ストローベイルハウスで里山に住みたい!

2011-06-12

美山町の萱葺き職人 Thatch Roofers in Miyama, Kyoto

On June 12, I had the opportunity to interpret for a couple of thatch roofers, Shiozawa-san and Nakano-san. During the morning session, Shiozawa-san taught students from the US about the knots and tools used to thatch roofs in Japan. Nakano-san created a model roof and demonstrated how materials are used.
In the afternoon, Nakano-san spoke about the roofs he's thatched, many of which are cultural heritage sites. Shiosawa-san spoke about the greater ecological and social significance of thatch roofing in Japan.
Nakano-san making a bamboo needle used to thatch roofs

Storage of reeds and grasses used for thatching
Further details can be found at the following websites:
Shiozawa-san's homepage: http://www.kayabuki-ya.net
Nakano-san's homepage: http://www.cans.zaq.ne.jp/miyama-kayabuki/

2011-06-08

Architectural Heritage Preservation in Japan

June 9-14 helped interpret for a group of University students and professors studying architectural heritage preservation in Japan. As a part of the course, students spent one week in Miyama (京都府美山町), known for its thatch roofs. Ozeki-san a Japanese timber framer, helped organize the Miyama portion of the course. Ozeki-san standing in the guesthouse and cafe he built. This building features various interior finishes plastered by some of Japan's most renowned plasterers.