1st VOLUNTEERING Workshop

During the first October/November 2017 workshop, the skeleton of the building was completed in the village of Baskinta, in Mount Lebanon:
  • Foundations
  • Drains
  • Ventilating earth tubes
  • Tire walls
  • Local stone walls
  • Berm / thermal mass
  • Berm thermal insulation
  • Wooden roof​

2nd VOLUNTEERING Workshop

During the 2nd international workshop in 2018 we resumed building the 1st Lifehaus prototype in the Middle East.

The workshop included interns who learnt different LIFEHAUS construction techniques, and professionals who will lead the tasks.

In this workshop we created a LIFEHAUS community composed of impassioned people interested in passive, self-sufficient, low cost housing, constructed with recycled materials. This made for a unique experience for each and every trainee, intern and professional.

WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS LEARNT​

  • The collection of rainwater and its recycling, with all the accessories and lifestyle habits needed for the reduction of water consumption.
  • How to reduce power consumption.
  • How to build tire walls; including plastering, and isolation from moisture, water.
  • How to benefit from the soil’s thermal mass to heat and cool the house.
  • How to install an efficient ventilation system that doesn’t affect the inner temperature.
  • How to build glass bottle walls, plastered with mud.
  • How to make rammed earth grounds.
  • How to make on site low-cost natural thermal insulation from.
  • Raw earth and lime plastering / painting.
  • Traditional means of food conservation.
  • Water and thermal insulation systems.
  • Adobe walls building technique.
  • Perennial cane pergolas construction technique.
  • Basics of permaculture.

FUTURE WORKHOPS

The next workshop should start once the funding of the prototype is completed.

40,000 $ are required to resume the constructionof the 2nd floor in Spring.
This amount will cover the fees below : 
  • Photovoltaic solar panels
  • Solar thermal collectors
  • Rainwater harvesting, filtering, and recycling three times
  • Indoor and outdoor cob and lime plaster
  • Woodwork and glazing
  • Green roof thermal insulation, waterproofing, drainage and plantation 

We will fix the dates as soon as possible.
All those willing to participate in the workshop can send us an email, mentioning his/her name, address, and phone number.

​Further details are yet to come.