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Sun 10 Apr 2011

Cohabitat Gathering 2011 Report

Posted by Marcin

Here is a report from the Cohabitat Gathering 2011, the first international natural building conference in Poland:

Cohabitat Gathering 2011 from dobraidea on Vimeo.

Here are some interviews, including Pawel Sroczynski, the lead organizer of the Cohabitat Group.

You can see more pictures from the event at my Flickr. Here is another report from the event videographer. The full presentation videos will go online in 2 weeks. You can read my presentation here.

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Categories: Architecture, CEB Modular Construction Units, Conferences, Construction, Natural Building, Presentations

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Sun 1 Aug 2010

Solar Village 2010 Update

Posted by Marcin

Construction should start at Factor e Farm on about September 1. Out of nowhere, one of our readers from Germany produced this 3D walk-through of the CEB house that Will and I drew up in Qcad in 2D:

The 3D walkthrough is this:

Solar Village 2010 in 3D from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.

Sound track credit – Mind Field by DJ Blue. Game engine editor used was Sauerbraten.

This led to a very interesting discussion regarding reality and virtual reality, and how massive multiplayer online gaming – believe it or not – could help save the world? (more…)

Categories: Architecture, Compressed Earth Block Press, Information and Communication Technology, Modeling, Solar Village 2010, Visualization

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