At Fazenda Tomati we are passionate about sustainable building and technology. If you would like information on Matis project: Bioconstruction with kids, see her page here
We have a couple more projects on our land which we will need help with. We would like to build two earthbag domes, each 6 metre diameter. We are open to offers to experienced professionals looking for a site to lead a workshop.
We are passionate about natural building and have been practicing it since 2015. In our house we used as many different techniques as we could find space for. Below are a list of the techniques we have used just on our site here in Portugal
- Clay rendering by hand and with tools
- Home made clay, wheat and sugar paint
- Lime render
- Lime pointing
- Tadelakt
- Wattle and Daub
- Adobe bricks
- Rammed earth cement blocks (experimental technique)
- Cob floor with linseed
- Cob oven
And techniques we have worked with on other sites:
- Cob structural walls
- Cob render on reed mat walls
- Cow poo, clay and linseed exterior render
- Stone wall with cement
- Dry stacked stone wall
To see Tom´s published articles on natural building, follow these links below
July 2019. Mother Earth News Blog – How to make clay paint
July 2019. Permaculture Magazine Issue 101 – How to render with cow poo
May 2019. Permaculture Magazine Issue 100 – How to Make an Earthen Mixture.
April 2019. Mother Earth News Blog – How to Build with Wattle and Daub
