Eric Puro's Cooperativa Yoga Studio/Community Center
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Build Project Description
Three people from thePOOSH team, Loren, Michael and I, are building a yoga studio/community center for the Co-operativa! The co-operativa is a wonderful place that holds a number of workshops and classes on permaculture, yoga, and other fun activities. It is also a co-op with a small store selling local organic food...some of the produce is grown by them.
The structure is a round structure with rammed tire walls -- 6 meter diameter. We have cobbed the interior and exterior walls. We went to a nearby forest to collect wood beams for the roof, which are half-thatched. We are putting in a clay earthen floor. We have utilized the Opuntia cactus which grows here in Portugal, after soaking the cactus in water for a couple weeks, you can extract the insides which can be mixed in plasters or an earthen floor that helps with waterproofing.
The roof is up and standing tall! Thatch is on it's third layer but it turns out we didn't collect enough so we are putting the project on pause until winter when we can collect more caniso (water reed!). This will be a huge mission, more people the better, so if you want to learn how to thatch from scratch this winter, get ahold of us!
Structure of My Build Project
Non-Profit Organisation
Building Styles Integrated
Cob
Earthship/used tires
Recycled Materials
Local Materials
Thatch
Round Wood
Opuntia cactus
Bamboo sliding doors
Home-made pine tar resin
The cactus is being used as a plaster to help water proof the cob mixture. It´s an amazing alternative to using limestone (cal) with local materials. One of the coolest things we've done for this project is extract our own pine tar resin from locally-sourced fallen or dead pine tree roots. We then apply it to ropes to make them last longer against bugs and water. Additionally, the resin can be used as a water-proof sealant around windows.
Sustainable Systems Integrated
Rain Water Collection
French drain
Build Project Facilities
There's a small house with a kitchen although we do some of the cooking over the fire or cob oven. There's a compost toilet and a warm shower.
Activities near the Build Project
We are 1 km from the beach. There's some nice hiking around the area as well. This place is paradise!
What to Expect about Food
Shared Costs
There is a market with free fish near by as well as some great places to recycle food. We are also selling some chaga mushroom tea to raise funds for food for volunteers. So please contact us if you would need food covered and hopefully we can respond with a yes!
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Current Building Status
Build Project Completed
Type of Build Project
New Structure
Projected Start and End Dates
30 Mar 2013 to 1 Mar 2014
Previous Building Experience
We built a similar styled structure in Oregon which we lived in over the winter. There's a lot of things we want to do differently this time, especially not using any concrete. There was on average 2-3 people working and the project took about 3-4 months.
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Type of Volunteer Being Looked for
Anyone who is excited about building, and wants to learn about new materials. The ideal volunteer would be interested in really championing a project/material/technique. We know some about different techniques, but we push each other to always learn more. Our philosophy is to never get comfortable doing anything! This forces you to always adapt, change, and learn more things!
Where you will be Sleeping
Tents or a sharred sleeping room!
How much Notice Needed Prior to Hosting
2 days
The Number of POOSHers Desired
3 POOSHers
Comments
Dont forget Freddy the hedgehog will be there as well!
perfect! See you soon Marenn!
Sou do Porto, e neste momento estou à procura de espaços que precisem de ajuda para a construçao mais sustentavel de estruturas / quartos /casas...
Precisam de alguem nestes próximos tempos?
Obrigado!!
Hi!
I'm from Porto, and now i'm looking for someone o need help to build in a sustainble way some structure, house, rooms ...
Do you need some help in these next days?
Thank you!
Hello, I'll talk to the others. We've been on pause for a few months. Probably in December we're going to finish the thatched roof if you'd like to join. It's a great way to make a roof out of natural materials. We're going to go on a water reed harvest mission probably in December and put it on the roof when we're done.
Atoine we are actually finished with this building. But the farm we built the yoga studio at is still up and running. They take volunteers and have loads of great things going on - contact them via their website or you could probably just show up there. http://www.quinta7nomes.com/ Much love and have fun!!
Atoine we are actually finished with this building. But the farm we built the yoga studio at is still up and running. They take volunteers and have loads of great things going on - contact them via their website or you could probably just show up there. http://www.quinta7nomes.com/ Much love and have fun!!