Full Event Description
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September 25-30, 2014 (1-5 day options)
Factor e Farm - Maysville MO, USA
Build Yourself. Build Your World.
This is a 5 day MicroHouse Extreme Manufacturing (XM) workshop- led by <a href="http://opensourceecology.org/marcin-jakubowski/">Marcin Jakubowski</a> intended for innovators and entrepreneurs who are interested in exploring the limits of XM for rapid manufacturing of environmentally friendly homes. Blending Compressed Earth Block construction with modular roof panels as our contract-first design, our goal is to demonstrate that quality housing can be built with multi-purpose flexibility using module-based designs and parallel building for optimizing design evolution. Our goal is reducing the duration of construction by a factor of 20 compared to industry standards, at ⅓ the cost of conventional housing. Our XM design process involves a rapid parallel swarm workflow with 48 people using simple-to-follow documentation created with Agile and Waterfall methods prior to build. The MicroHouse XM 4 design is built on the experience of the last 3 iterations to produce the most ambitious - level of completion - build of a 762 sf home using test-driven open source techniques and equipment. If you are interested in natural home building or extreme efficiency of effort towards manufacturing, you will learn first hand how to take your home or project to the next level of ownership. Workshop includes 4 days of hands-on immersive team building, and a full day for review, discussion, and exploration of entrepreneurship opportunities. Our concept is consistent with open source economics and social production.
Cancellation Policy: If for any reason you can't attend a workshop you registered for we will be happy to (a) provide you full credit towards a future MicroHouse workshop; (b) or equivalent credit on any other other OSE workshop; (c) substitute the name on your ticket and have a friend take your place.
- 1-5 day options are available:
- Full Five-Day Workshop: Arrival and intro session will take place on Thursday evening, September 25, 2014. Workshop begins on Friday morning, September 26, at 8 AM and concludes Tuesday 6:30 PM, September 30.
- Weekend Workshop: Arrival same as above, with participation through the weekend. See schedule below.
- Single Days: Single Days: Select any day (or multiple days) that are most interesting to you. See schedule below.
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Process and Production Design
- OSE Specifications for Product Design
- 8 Principles of Extreme Manufacturing
- CEB Construction Workflow for Parallel Build
- Building codes and CEB construction
Construction
- Understanding and applied safe use of basic construction tools
- Masonry techniques and brick laying
- Laying a CEB floor
- Framing methods, installation of doors and windows
- Modular Panel Construction
- Electrical wiringo of a house
- Installation of a Complete Bathroom
Design, Documentation, and Replicability
- Using Sketchup OSE warehouse parts for designing CEB structures
- Using Sweet Home 3D for interior design
- OSE Workshop Model of Product as a Service
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Typical Daily Schedule
8am - Noon: Meeting at worksite and Build Session begins 12:00am: Lunch 1-5 pm: Afternoon Build Session 6 pm: Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM: Evening Lecture and Going over instructionals for next day's activities
Arrival: Please plan on arriving at our site between 5-7 PM on Thursday, August 7, 2014. Tour of Factor e Farm and intro session starts at 7 PM.
Schedule
Friday: Brick laying - CEB walls, doors, windows, insulation. Electrical begun in double-wall cavity. Saturday: Floor, bond beam, roof. Sunday: Kitchen and bathroom. Monday: Exterior finish. More brick pressing for patio. Learn to operate our open source machines. Tuesday: Compressed Earth Block patio, house completion up to water and electrical connection.
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Registration Fee for 5-Day Workshop: $500 Weekend option: $300 Registration Fee for any single Day: $100 Discounts for Students and Low Income: If you are a student or in need, you get 40% off any option - by using Promotional Code - StudentDiscount at Eventbrite. If this is still beyond your means, we can do Work Exchange. Email us for details. 2-for-1 Discounts: Select any option, and bring a family member or friend with you for free. Email us to let us know who you are bringing. Group Rate: If you can bring a group of 3 or more people with you - your total cost is $750. Sponsor another participant: Sponsor $500 to fund attendance of someone who is on the waiting list for financial assistance, or purchase a µPC to donate to a participant True Fans of OSE: Receive a 25% discount on all of our workshops. If you are not yet a True Fan, you can <a href="http://opensourceecology.org/community/#support">sign up as a True Fan</a> now to become eligible for the True Fans discount on future workshops. Donate to OSE: We are a nonprofit organization. You can make tax-deductible contributions to us.
Fees include workshop tuition, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We can pick you up from the airport, Kansas City International. You are welcome to camp at Factor e Farm. You may also get your own accommodations - hotels are located 15 minutes away in Cameron, Missouri.
Please bring work boots and protective clothing.
If you would like to attend but cannot afford the admission, we can put you on the wait list. If the workshop does not fill up or if there is someone willing to cover your fee as a donor, we can accept you. Please <a href="mailto:marcin@opensourceecology.org" target="_blank">email us</a>.
Cancellation Policy If for any reason you can't attend a workshop you registered for we will be happy to (a) transfer you credit towards a future MicroHouse workshop; (b) or equivalent credit towards any other other OSE workshop; (c) substitute the name on your ticket and have a friend take your place.
Pay with Check
For payment with paypal/credit card see below. If you'd rather pay with a check, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LSEiN-wx4KszRsQSbCJZHRu8DtzJdjyt5hkrMaWr2sI/viewform" target="_blank">fill out this form</a>. Please make checks payable to Open Source Ecology, and mail them to OSE, 909 SW Willow Rd, Maysville, MO 64469. Write "MH Workshop" along with number of days in the memo line.
Pay with Paypal / Credit Card
To pay with paypal/credit card, please use the the Eventbrite form below. Note that Eventbrite charges a fee for the service in addition to the workshop fee - if you wish to avoid this, see check payment instructions above.
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