
PG AS | ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21 | Natural Building II: Rammed Earth
The students learned about the rammed earth technique and built a rammed earth floor and bench with mentor Earthman Hanno Burtscher.
Sustainable-Sustainable Architecture is an English-taught post-graduation starting in autumn 2020 and is structured into online courses and practical workshops. The programme focuses on sustainable architecture practices both environmentally and financially. It combines 90 hours of theory with 210 hours of hands-on-experience bridging topics of sustainable construction, participatory design and social project management. The programme is initiated by Critical Concrete in collaboration with ESAP and assisted by guest lecturers and mentors with recognized experience.
Student will co-design and build real social projects in Portugal, as the course is embedded in a project aimed at refurbishing houses of low-income families and public spaces for local communities.
The programme aims to set up a conceptual base for an ecological and social approach to architecture and urbanism and gives its graduates competencies in starting and managing projects in the respective field.
After finishing the programme, students will
Furthermore, the students will know
The Post-graduate course is taught in English and Blended Learning (online and in person)
The students learned about the rammed earth technique and built a rammed earth floor and bench with mentor Earthman Hanno Burtscher.
During Laboratory II, the students built wooden kitchen furniture with mentor Samuel Kalika.
During Laboratory II, the students finished the cork insulation and board and batten facades with mentors Hugo Lopes and Martina Eandi.
The students are working with residents in order to collaboratively design the renovations to their home.
The student who couldn’t make it to the Workshop in Porto still produced research papers on self-building sustainable urban systems, prototypes, as well as designed and built upcycled furniture.
Due to the pandemic, only a handful of students were able to make it to the first workshop. Nonetheless, they achieved numerous tasks in the renovation of Carlos and Maria’s ...
In the first Semester, in the Natural Building I module, the SSA students got to experiment with properties of Mycelium and Raw Earth. In ‘Inside Mycelium’, they tested different substrates ...
In the welcome Ceremony, the SSA students, many of the Post-Graduation instructors and the Critical Concrete and ESAP coordinating and mentoring team introduce themselves. Important information on the program and ...