EconoSpaceMaking
| EconoSpaceMaking |
| SUSTAINABILITY BEGINS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD |
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| 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. |
| Irish LIVE EconoSpaceMaking Courses |
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| Sunday September 12th Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| Check with me before booking to confirm that the workshop on the 12th will definitely go ahead. eMail HERE |
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| GROUP WORKSHOPS BY ARRANGEMENT |
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| Can’t make it to a LIVE Course? |
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| Then you need the EconoSpaceMaking DVD |
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| 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. |
| 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, including: |
| - how to make and read drawings |
| - how to build scale models |
| - how to survey a site |
| - how to budget for construction work |
| - how to build your unique EconoSpace design |
| 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 |
| EconoSpaceMakers can also participate in a dedicated online Forum where they can exchange ideas and information and help each other make their EconoSpaces happen. |
| DOWNLOAD FREE ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD SAMPLER pdf |
| ECONOSPACEMAKING DVD |
| €120 Europe ~ $120 Australia |
| SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER |
| SAVE 25% |
| €90 postage paid to any European address |
| $90 postage paid to any Australian address |
| FORTHCOMING IRISH LIVE COURSES |
| LIVE Courses students :
Course Fee + the EconoSpaceMaking DVD €150 |
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| Sunday September 12th Drumsna, Co. Leitrim |
| Check with me before booking to confirm that the workshop on the 12th will definitely go ahead. eMail HERE |
| FURTHER DETAILS & BOOKINGS |
| ENQUIRIES |
| THE ECONOSPACE ON IRISH TV |
| LIVE ECONOSPACEMAKING COURSE |
| LAC ECONOSPACES |
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| OTHER ECONOSPACES |
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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!!!
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