Cob house

Hand-sculpting your own house

Not only the scale model, but also the actual house will be hand-sculpted!

Building a house in such a way that it is an enrichment for its surroundings, for biodiversity and its occupants. There are no technical limitations which prohibit nature embedded dwellings. Stunning examples are given in The Hand-Sculpted House (ordering info at the bottom of this page), which will be used as a guideline for the story below. This book is about building techniques according to deep ecology concepts, but also provides a powerful motivation why the human race really needs to start doing things in a different way. Not only in home construction.

Before delving into the uplifting world of hand-shaped houses, first an introduction in the conventional methods of home construction. 
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