BASEhabitat International Summer School

After a long coronavirus break, the Summer School returns to Altmünser in Austria in 2023. In three workshops on different earth building techniques and a newly organised bamboo workshop, the international participants learn to understand the various regenerative builidng materials and how to apply them in construction.

During the Summer School a documentary video was produced by Bence Szalai, collecting statements of many participants and trainers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAstx04VGvQ

Location – the ABZ Salzkammergut
The Summer School took place in the ABZ (AgrarBildungsZentrum) Salzkammergut in Altmünster/Austria. It is not only the marvellous place at the shore of lake Traunsee, but it is the building itself that makes the place very special. The award-winning building is an innovative example of contemporary timber architecture, realized by the architecture office Fink Thurnher.

Workshops
Adobe + Earth Blocks: Franco Noriega, Zoé Tric, Isis Roux-Pages (amàco)
Earth + Fibres: Becky Little, Francois Streiff
Rammed Earth: Dominik Abbrederis, Max Weidacher
Bamboo: Luisa and Verónica Correa, Daniel Stamatis (bambuterra)

Material Science: Lehm (amàco) / Bambus (bambuterra)

Organisation: Ulrike Schwantner, Sabine Fehringer, Christian Daschek, Dominik Abbrederis, Florian Fend, Marta Rota, Tania Teixeira, Tobias Peherstorfer

92 participants from 33 nations
Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States, United Kingdom

Guest Lectures
Building with rammed earth, challenges and future perspectives (Martin Rauch, AT)
Architektur as a tool to improve lives (Anna Heringer, DE)

Reuse of building components (Andrea Kessler and Peter Kneidinger/ Materialnomaden, AT)
Hempcrete, a composite material of hemp and lime (Elena Janeva/ Hempstatic, AT)
Fungal mycelium, a building material (Jitka Effenberger, Robert Köppe, AT)
New dimensions in building with earth (Stefan Leitner/ Pro Holz Oberösterreich, AT)
Strawbale building, an overview (Herbert Gruber/ Austrian Strawbale Network, AT)

Exhibition Building Futures
A collection of regenerative materials for construction (curated by Flavia Matei and Lisi Judmaier)

Sponsors/Partners
Schachinger Logistik, Müller Wohnbau, DOKA Formwork, Mafell AG, Levita Lehm, Zöchbauer Sand und Lehm, LehmTonErde Baukunst, Marktgemeinde Altmünster am Traunsee, amàco

BASEhabitat International Summer School on earthen and bamboo construction

BASEhabitat International Summer School

on earthen and bamboo construction