Lloyd Khan & Bill Steen Workshop

A special one day immersion with Lloyd Kahn & Bill Steen, SAT /Sept 6 9:30-5pm $100.

LOCATION TBA SCHEDULE AT BELOW

Lloyd Khan & Bill Steen  have long been fascinated by the human story of Shelter. In books and practical teachings,

A special day of immersion with two of the world’s Natural Building icons. Joined by local natural builders, Betty Seaman, Art Ludwig & Ray Cirino.

A day of interaction & learning with an amazing team. “Shelter is more than a roof over your head”A beautiful conversation & presentation of yearsof alternative building knowledge

Both Lloyd Kahn & Bill Steen have long been fascinated by the human story of Shelter. In books and practical teachings, they have shared how diverse cultures adapt and build according to their needs using materials close at hand, often with great beauty.

Bringing it into the present they both share, write & teach to modern day audiences.

Lloyd Khan has written & published many books through the decades on how to build shelter gaining a devoted following. A pioneer of the green building and green architecture movements, he is a publisher, editor, author, photographer, carpenter, and self-taught architect. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications.

Starting with the Whole Earth catalog as its Shelter editor, he later started Shelter publishing company, a 50-year-old independent publishing company known for its high-quality books about home building.
Books: (1970 to present): Domebook One, Domebook 2, Home Work,Shelter, Shelter II, Builders of the Pacific Coast, Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter,Tiny Homes on the Move: Wheels and Water, Small Homes: The Right Size, Driftwood Shacks: Anonymous Architecture Along the CaliforniaCoast, Half-Acre Homestead.
Lloyd Kahn Blog https://www.lloydkahn.comLloyd Kahn substack https://lloydkahn.substack.com

Bill Steen is the co-founder of the Canelo Project in southern Arizona where he builds, teaches & writes about straw bale & clay plasters, both at home & workshops around the world.

Bill Steen (with Athena Steen) is the author of: Built By Hand, The Straw Bale House; Beautiful Straw Bale; The Small Straw Bale House, and The Canelo Project.The Canelo project https://caneloproject.com

SCHEDULE

9:30 am to Noon -Lloyd and Bill presenting Sideshow with discussion and questions. breakout during the day for future conversions

NOON Lunch (Provided)

1:00- 2pm Tour of “Cob” natural building homes & structures built by Betty Seaman & family members

2 – 4:30 pm “Our Local Regional Natural Builders will present their many years of knowledge & work:

• Betty Seaman, aka “Cob Betty” accomplished natural builder & instructor, who built a sustainable cob homestead & founder of Spirit Pine Sanctuary. Presentation of her work to publize fire resistance construction materials and history of Spirit Pine building.https://www.livingstoriescollective.com/interviews/2016/1/17/betty-seaman

• Art Ludwig, Water & integrated ecological design researcher, consultant & author, owner of Oasis Design-special presentation onsuccesful test of Reinforced monolithic adobe (cob) walls two-hour fire resistancefor International Building Code (IBC) https://oasisdesign.net/
• Ray Cirino, artist, inventor, cob builder & instructor, founder of RAYGO cob bricks.His latest work is the creating of a mud press that creates mud bricks called RAYGO for building During day there will be a hands on display of RAYGO hydraulic Clay/Cob Brickmaker
• 4:30 Conversation with all the presenters.

The all day event takes place on the Figueroa Mountain in the Los Padres National Forest. Lunch provided.