Set at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the Forest Lakes Convention Centre on the Kāpiti Coast, the earth constructing convention will see builders, designers, researchers and earth-building fanatics discover how conventional and modern earth building strategies are shaping resilient, sustainable futures in Aotearoa and past.
Themed ‘Earth, Tradition and Group’, the three-day convention in mid-November will embrace shows, hands-on workshops, website visits and kōrero with main voices in pure constructing, indigenous data, climate-responsive design and regenerative apply, whereas additionally profiling New Zealand’s personal set of earth constructing requirements (NZS 4297, 4298 and 4299) 2024.
A ‘Professionals Day’ on Friday 14 November at Te Wānanga o Raukawa is aimed particularly at architects, engineers, inspectors, builders and designers eager about earth and pure constructing strategies. It is going to dive into the Tennent Brown Architects-designed Pā Reo campus at Te Wānanga (a Dwelling Constructing Problem undertaking) and presenters will embrace Rau Hoskins of designTRIBE, Verena Maeder of Strong Earth and Sigi Koko, founding father of Construct Naturally USA.
Friday will probably be adopted by the in-depth weekend convention at Forest Lakes, that includes talks and shows aimed to tell and empower individuals on totally different facets of earth and pure constructing in addition to hands-on workshops in numerous strategies and supplies, together with clay-based plasters, cob, rammed earth and adobe, straw bale and hempcrete. Home excursions will characteristic totally different constructing strategies, together with straw bale and rammed earth, adobe, pure plasters and extra.
For extra and to register for the November 14—16 convention, go to earthbuilding.org.nz