MH Registration
Register for MicroHouse Workshops
April 18-20 and 18-23
Overview
This 5-day workshop empowers participants to create their own MicroHouse through hands-on, experiential training reinforced by conceptual learning in basic sustainable design. The central activity of the workshop is the construction of a MicroHouse shell using open source equipment including a tractor, soil pulverizer, and brick press. Extreme manufacturing concepts of parallel processing and prefabrication are applied to achieve rapid on-site assembly. Philosophy of open source development is also emphasized, and the participants become more than just builders, they become active collaborators in the MicroHouse evolution.
A weekender option exists for those interested in getting an introduction to the ideas of open development and sustainable design but do not have the time for the full, immersive experience.
Learning Outcomes
Design
- fundamentals of passive solar design and natural ventilation
- building envelope basics and importance of detailing
- understanding of thermal mass and insulation in relation to performance
- open source development philosophy
- hand-sketching basics
Construction
- understanding and applied safe use of basic construction tools
- CEB construction techniques
- basic framing methods
- installation of doors and windows
- basics of electrical and plumbing work
- parallel processing for rapid building
Documentation
- Sketchup basics
- using Trovebox and Dozuki for instruction manual creation
- real-time documentation process
Location
Factor e Farm, Maysville, MO
Times
Workshop begins at 5:00pm on Friday evening, and the two-day option lasts until Sunday at 5pm, the five-day option lasts until Wednesday at 5pm.
Cost
- $195 two-day
- $445 five-day
Registration Form
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