Design + Build Workshop, Laos 2015
Saturday, Apr 18, 20153:08 PM — Saturday, May 2, 20157:08 AMEDT
| Luang Prabang, Laos
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We are offering a hands on participatory workshop where volunteers will gain experience in sustainable building techniques and understand more about humanitarian design while building worthwhile projects that will have a huge benefit to the local community and local wildlife. Volunteers will gain an insight into a number of building techniques and architectural styles. What will workshop participants learn? We are happy to announce that we will be working alongside internationally acclaimed conservation charity, Free the Bears Fund at their Rescue Centre in Laos. The sanctuary was established in 2003 after local authorities confiscated three bear cubs and asked for assistance to help look after them. The rescue centre has continued to provide care for these bears and also accepted further bears that have been confiscated by the Laos authorities. Most of the bears at the centre are Asiatic Black Bears (Moon Bears) that were illegally captured from the wild as young cubs – it is likely that they were destined for use in the traditional medicine trade. The workshop site will be situated within the beautiful Tat Kuang Si Park, a Provincial Protected Area approximately 30km from the UNESCO World Heritage listed city of Luang Prabang. Building Trust international have been requested by FTB to work with the local community and FTB Laotian staff to design and construct a new sustainably built merchandise store. The merchandise store will enable FTB to sell items in order to receive much needed donations to allow them to continue their ongoing efforts to protect bears in Laos and beyond. When: Build Workshop: Sat 18th April - Sat 2nd May 2015 The sooner people sign up the more chance there is to be involved in the design process as well as the build component. We want participants to get involved and have a role in the concept design and material selection for the new merchandise store. These designs will then be reviewed and assessed by the local community, FTB leaders and our Building Trust workshop team, with feedback given at the end of each stage. It is up to each participant as to how much involvement they want to provide, with some people preferring to solely get involved with the construction stages of the design + build workshop. This is a hands on course working with others to learn on-site skills such as site management and sustainable material procurement. Volunteers will also see first-hand how we promote and work with local communities taking on traditional skills and a host of other sustainable building techniques. For more information: http://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/getinvolved.html UPDATE: Building Trust Design have just released images of the current concept design for the design + build workshop. You can see images of the current design on their Facebook page.
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