ECO-BUILDING ON A SHOESTRING
EconoSpaceMaking
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| ECONOSPACEMAKING |
| Learn how to design and build a small, green, low-impact sustainable shelter – that can be made on a shoestring budget in the average backyard without planning permission or a building permit. |
| BREAKING NEWS …. see below |
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| Eco-Building On A Shoestring |
| A seminar presented by Peter Cowman |
| DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS SEMINAR IT WILL BE REPEATED ON SATURDAY JUNE 16th 2012 FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE |
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| THE ECONOSPACE |
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| SUSTAINABILITY BEGINS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD |
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| The peculiar story of the EconoSpace & RTE’s Nationwide programme |
| ENQUIRIES |
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| Next LIVE Courses scheduled for June 16th Details HERE |
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| The EconoSpaceMaking DVD |
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| DOWNLOAD FREE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER pdf |
| THE ECONOSPACE CONCEPT |
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| EconoSpaceMaking describes the process of learning how to design and construct affordable eco-buildings suited to sustainable living. |
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| ‘EconoSpace’ is an abbreviation of the words ‘economical space’. These are small, low-cost buildings which can be constructed free of planning permission. |
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| EconoSpace can also be conjoined to create larger buildings. |
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| Designing and building an EconoSpace is the ideal way of relearning lost sheltermaking skills. |
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| We are natural sheltemakers. Millions of people worldwide still build their own homes. Knowledge of how to do this is in our genes. We simply need to tap into this knowing in order to re-engage with the process of sheltermaking. |
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| Here is an example of an EconoSpace constructed as a Site Office to facilitate the construction of the EconoSpace illustrated below. |
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| This EconoSpace consists of a timber frame with a clay-straw infill. It is the first of 3 conjoined units which will make up the sustainable dwelling I am building in Ireland. |
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| This is a small EconoSpace which I am building in Victoria, Australia for less than €5000. |
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| This is a picture of the inside of the building illustrated above. |
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| You can view photos of this EconoSpace HERE |
| EconoSpaceMaking featured in Owner Builder Magazine … |
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Owner Builder is Australia’s premiere magazine devoted to self building. |
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| THE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD |
| 3 YEARS IN THE MAKING |
| 10 YEARS IN THE DREAMING |
| A LIFETIME IN THE LIVING |
| DOWNLOAD FREE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER pdf |
| Sustainability begins in your own backyard. That is the compelling argument put forward on the EconoSpaceMaking DVD, a dynamic combination of text, drawings, photographs and video. |
| By learning how to create a small sustainable shelter – with no need to first obtain planning permission – you are offered the opportunity to regain territory lost to an economic system which depends on mortgage debt to fuel its insatiable growth. |
| From drawing to modelmaking, from concept to built reality, EconoSpaceMaking provides you with the means to create your own living architecture and to discover, in the process, who you really are. |
| INTRODUCTION TO ECONOSPACEMAKING |
| FROM THE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD |
| CONFIGURING AN ECONOSPACE |
| 10min EXCERPTS FROM THE 45min MOVIE ON THE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD |
| WHAT’S ON THE DVD |
| A 63 page A4 fully illustrated Manual detailing how to design and construct your unique, low-cost EconoSpace |
| Over 2 hours of video instruction offering invaluable insights into the design and construction processes: |
| Basic techniques.mov Configuring Your EconSpace.mov EconoSpaceMaking – Introduction.mov EconoSpaceMaking Anomation.mov Groundworks.mov Making Peter-Posts.mov Measurement, Drawing & Modelmaking.mov Peter-Post Jig.mov Railway Sleepers, Floor Beams & Foundation Trusses.mov Setting Out.mov The Bench.mov The Peter-Post.mov The Roof Structure.mov Wall Framing.mov |
| Model templates, allowing you to design and assemble your EconoSpace in miniature before constructing it full size |
| Working drawings for 10sqm and 25sqm EconoSpaces – all the information you need to create your unique building: |
| Drawings 10sqm EconoSpace Drawings.pdf 25sqm EconoSpace Drawings.pdf EconoSpace 1-50 Models.pdf Furniture & Equipment.pdf WD10.pdf WD25.pdf |
| EconoSpaceMakers can also participate in a dedicated online Forum where they can exchange ideas and information and help each other make their EconoSpaces happen. |
| Supplementary Texts Drawing Worksheet.pdf Drawings & Models .pdf EconoSpace Worksheets.pdf Exempted Development.pdf Planning.pdf Schedule 2- Planning Reg 2001.pdf Sharo’s Studio.pdf Site Selection & Analysis.pdf Surveying.pdf Timberfile.pdf |
| DOWNLOAD FREE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER pdf |
| ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD |
| £80 UK ~ €90 Europe ~ $120 Australia & USA |
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| €90 postage paid to any European [or Rest of the World] address |
| AUD$120 postage paid to any Australian address |
| USD$120 postage paid to any US address |
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| THE ECONOSPACE ON IRISH TV |
| LIVE ECONOSPACEMAKING COURSE |
| LAC ECONOSPACES |
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I love that they are not monster structures and are rather simple in design.
Inspiring! I would love to build a home this way and live mortgage free. I have wanted to build my own home for many years now. I’m not getting any closer to being able to do it, I’m afraid. The UK planning laws seem to be designed to keep the countryside for rich people and a few farmers. I’d love to have enough space to grow most of my own food and perhaps some fuel.
Fabulous – like coming home – and I’m a retired, ‘out of the the loop’ architect.
Wish I was starting over – this is the way to go!!!