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CIABòT – Restoration and reuse of a rural stone building – Module 1

When:

01 July - 06 July 2024

School:

Banca del Fare Summer School

Institution:

Fondazione Matrice ETS

City:

Castelletto Uzzone

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Credits:

0.0 EC

Fee:

65 EUR

Interested?
Please note: this course has already ended
CIABòT – Restoration and reuse of a rural stone building – Module 1

About

Practical self-construction workshop for the structural recovery of a ciabòt. The ciabòt are small land units, scattered throughout the Alta Langa, whose use was deeply connected to the activities of the fields. They consist of a single functional cell.
In Alta Langa, compact and calcareous sandstone is used both for terraces and for roofs and walls of buildings, both public and religious, both rustic and civil, with similar techniques. In spite of their simplicity, therefore, the ciabòt can be considered the minimum unity of the constructions of the territory, from which they take back constructive characters and technologies.

The tutors:
Fernando Gallo. Master craftsman who for over 70 years has worked the stone of Langa for the construction of dry-stone walls, vaults, load-bearing walls and even objects of various types.

Merlino Zeldenthuis. Master carpenter, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, he has travelled all over Europe and he has chosen to build his house in Piedmont.

Course leader

Fernando Gallo: local master craftsman Merlino Zeldethuis: master carpenter

Target group

Architects, Engineers, Students and whoever is interested in the topic.

Course aim

The course aims to provide the notions on the construction techniques typical of these buildings; participants wilrebuild the walls in langa stone and mud mortar and the roof with chestnut wood substructure and stone finishing, flanked by local craftsmen.

Fee info

Fee

65 EUR, The participation fee to the workshop is €65/day including VAT (including insurance costs). Lessons, accommodation and board are included in the price, as well as excursions and visits. There is no refund for travel expenses to reach the workshop location. Participants can choose to participate in a single working day or within the 6-day module.

Fee

360 EUR, The participation fee to the workshop is €360, including VAT if applying for the complete module (including insurance costs). Lessons, accommodation and board are included in the price, as well as excursions and visits. There is no refund for travel expenses to reach the workshop location.

Interested?

When:

01 July - 06 July 2024

School:

Banca del Fare Summer School

Institution:

Fondazione Matrice ETS

Language:

English

Credits:

0.0 EC

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