TEACHING + WORKSHOPS
Playing with Mud 2: Building with Cob and Adobe
at Thirutthani - JUNE 2014
Weekend hands on workshop attended by 7 architecture students from various schools of architecture from South India. Theory of design with vaults and domes. Stabilization of arches. Cob and Adobe construction. Building a catenary vault with Adobe bricks.
Building Adobe vaults and domes
at Tirutthani - MARCH TO MAY 2014
A total of 15 days training program for a teams of masons at Thiruttani. Improving quality and standards of masonry. Preparation of site for the consutrction of vaults. Making Adobes.
Developing mud mortars. Masonry with arches, vaults and domes
Playing with Mud 1: Building with Cob and Adobe
at Tirutthani - MAY 2014
Weekend hands on workshop attended by 14 architecture students from various schools of architecture from South India. Theory of soil selection and field testing. Appropriate selection of earth construction method based on soil type. Cob and Adobe construction. Building a catenary vault with Adobe bricks.
Building with Rammed earth 1
at Prakruthi a private residence - MAY 2011
Two day onsite workshop attended by 16 students from RV Undergraduate College of Architecture. May 2011. Theory of soil selection and feild tests. Appropriate selection of earth construction method based on soil type. Rammed earth construction and design principles. Site management while building with rammed earth. Rammed earth construction.
Workshop on Urban Agriculture and the Making of the Edible Campus
co organizer with Ksenia Kagner Aug 2011
McGill's Minimum Cost Housing Group (MCHG) and Santropol Roulant proposd a full day workshop, which will focus on urban agriculture and community outreach. The collaboration between the two organizations has flourished into a project called the Edible Campus. The multi-disciplinary team has been seeking innovative ways, whether social, institutional and technological, to encourage the greening of the cities, namely through the cultivation of "Edible Landscapes".