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Some of our amazing team - touching down in Silvertown!✌️

Yesterday we celebrated the launch of Tipping Point East with the friends, partners and collaborators who make this work possible. Thanks to everyone who came.

We’re still buzzing from the day & already excited about all that we’re yet to do together 🌿✨

📸 @michaelsabuni_

#TippingPointEast #CircularConstruction #biobasedmaterials #sequoia

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Light Earth, made from subsoil mixed with straw, is a low-carbon, insulating wall infill that can be made with basic tools, locally sourced materials, and without specialist skills. Used within a timber frame, it creates a breathable building fabric that naturally regulates moisture and absorbs toxins.

We’ve used it in our Harvest House project at Pasteur Gardens, and we’ve just published a step-by-step guide to making and casting it in situ. It covers mix testing, sourcing, labour, and drying. Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #biobased #lowcarbon #straw

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

Our open source guide to building your own version of Harvest House How-to Guide is now out!

Harvest House is a low-carbon building made from straw, clay, and timber, that can be used as a one-bedroom home, workshop, or communal space. The How-to Guide offers detailed, step-by-step instructions covering structure, walls, floor, and roof – as well as guidance on planning in England and Wales, and larger variations up to five bedrooms.

Conceived as infrastructure for land stewardship that can meet the requirements of the Caravan Act, Harvest House is designed to reduce reliance on costly professional services, equipping communities with the foundational tools to move toward low-impact, land-based ways of living.

Harvest House was developed by Material Cultures in collaboration with engineers @priceandmyersIt was funded by the @rearc.institute The first prototype was collectively built by fifty people at Pasteur Gardens, Enfield, London in 2023.

The design is open source and free to use, adapt, and build upon.

This Guide is a conversation starter about what it means to live and work on the land today: how we build, with whom, using which materials, under what rules, and towards what kinds of futures. What would you use it for?

Link in bio.

#naturalbuilding #lowimpact #selfbuild #landjustice #opensource

We’re so happy to be sharing a step by step construction guide on how to build an iteration of Harvest House, a land-based structure which can be used as a small dwelling. Link in bio.

Our prototype was built at Pasteur Gardens in 2023 as part of Growing Place. It emerged from hands-on making, collective problem-solving, and the realities of working with land, materials, time and people. This guide captures what we learned while building and what we’ve been able to stabilise and share so far.

Rather than a finished work, we’re seeing the guide as a starting point: something to be used, questioned, adapted and improved.

If you build from it or have thoughts to share, we’d love to hear from you.

Growing Place explores alternative learning models, materials, economies and cultures to shape the infrastructures needed to access and nurture land.

@raregr00ve
Photograph by @michaelsabuni_
Reel & films by @connornewson @lavandafilmsuk
With support from @rearc.institute

Last month, @greenpartyzack delivered his first major policy speech at the Wolves Lane Centre, in a new set of buildings designed by Material Cultures with @studiogil.

The project is a living example of how bio-regional materials can be applied to an urban site, creating much-needed infrastructure to build resilient communities and ecosystems.

The buildings are inherently rooted in place and low in embodied carbon, with a material palette that foregrounds clay, timber and rubble from the site itself.

Lightweight timber frames are infilled with straw bales sourced just 35 miles away. The clay extracted during the digging of the foundations is used aa internal wall plaster, crushed concrete from the existing slabs formed the rubble trench foundations and the metal cladding elements that slide down the elevations are designed to be readily reusable.

The inherently high thermal mass of the clay plaster and limecrete floors works alongside Air Source heat pumps integrated into a low-energy ventilation system. A rooftop PV array covers all energy needs, and the site is also effectively off-grid in terms of waste water thanks to a SuDS strategy featuring storm water sump, composting toilets, and greywater filtration through a natural pond.

Places like the @wolveslanecentre remind us of our dependence on the natural world and on each other. These kinds of spaces are rare, and it is vitally important that we continue to care for and invest in them.

#biobased #regenerativedesign #communityinfrastructure #strawbaleconstruction

Excited to share something we’ve been working on 🌿

‘Building Better: A Guide to Low Carbon Homes’ is out now: a practical resource for planners, architects and developers looking to meaningfully reduce the embodied carbon of new homes.

Developed by Material Cultures, commissioned by London Councils in partnership with @enfieldcounciluk , @kensingtonandchelseacouncil , and @citywestminster .

From policy context to material specifications to real case studies, it’s designed to move from understanding to action.

More research in this space coming soon. Link in bio 🔗

#lowcarbon #embodiedcarbon #sustainablehousing #planningpolicy #netzero

Photo credit: @jess__gough

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

We’re excited to present our new Co-Design Guide for community-led building. Link in bio.

This guide documents the approaches we took during the Growing Place project, which led to the design and construction of Harvest House – a versatile, replicable land-based typology conceived for Pasteur Gardens in Enfield, London, and built from local bio-based and reused materials. The Guide sets out the principles and processes behind Harvest House: how the design brief was co-produced, and how the building was collectively constructed through volunteer workshops over five weeks.

Growing Place prioritised community engagement, knowledge sharing, and learning by doing. The guide brings together the methods, decisions and structures that supported these aims, with practical guidance on how to develop co-design and co-building processes that honour participants’ skills and experiences and redistribute the knowledge generated through working together. These approaches are intended to be adapted to different contexts, sites, and material systems.

Whether you’re working on a land-based project or an urban community initiative, we hope this guide will support you to build collaboratively, share skills and create resilient infrastructure.

With support from @rearc.institute

#codesign #materialcultures #biobased #architecture #land

What is Design Justice?

We are so excited to share with you a Co-Design Guide that documents and shares the principles and processes that underpinned the design & building of Harvest House at Pasteur Gardens as part of the Growing Place project. Link in bio.

Growing Place explores the possibilities of alternative learning models, materials, economies and cultures to shape the infrastructures required to access and nurture land.

Co-designing meant shaping the project collectively through workshops and conversations on site. The brief for Harvest House emerged through engaging with landworkers and responding to their needs and skills as well as the realities of the land. This enabled a process where knowledge could be shared and carried forward by the group.

Growing Place was developed with support from @rearc.institute

🗣️ @jyotifernandes23
📸 @elenacremona
🎥 @connornewson @lavandafilmsuk

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

NEW: I’m delighted to announce the UK’s first circular construction hub - Tipping Point East in the Royal Docks.

Transforming how we build - reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away and creating new jobs and opportunities for Londoners ♻️

Today we celebrate the launch of our new home @tippingpointeast

Tipping Point East is a climate futures centre combining circular and biobased materials at scale. It operates from an industrial site in the Royal Docks, bringing together material reuse, low-carbon construction, training and cultural activities to support a just transition in the built environment. TPE is established by @yesmakeldn @material_cultures and @resolvecollective supported by the @mayorofldn and @newhamlondon

📸 @henrywoide

#constructionhub #circulareconomy #materials #materialreuse #builtenvironment

We are working on something exciting in the desert! Coming soon @designdohabiennial 💥 @torbafarm

Drylands constitute nearly half of the global land area, hosting complex ecosystems of human and non-human life. Their characterisation as deserts, however, suggests absence rather than presence. This misleading conceptualisation of drylands as “empty”, has led to their consistent environmental and social exploitation, in the form of resource extraction, forced dispossession and military occupation. Far from being empty, these drylands are home to over 3 billion people, and with global heating, drylands are expanding. Rather than imposing an artificial order over these landscapes, the project seeks to engage with the natural resources they have to offer. 🌴

#materialcultures #biobased #naturalmaterials #architecture #design

We are working on something exciting in the desert! Coming soon @designdohabiennial 💥 @torbafarm

Drylands constitute nearly half of the global land area, hosting complex ecosystems of human and non-human life. Their characterisation as deserts, however, suggests absence rather than presence. This misleading conceptualisation of drylands as “empty”, has led to their consistent environmental and social exploitation, in the form of resource extraction, forced dispossession and military occupation. Far from being empty, these drylands are home to over 3 billion people, and with global heating, drylands are expanding. Rather than imposing an artificial order over these landscapes, the project seeks to engage with the natural resources they have to offer. 🌴

#materialcultures #biobased #naturalmaterials #architecture #design

We are working on something exciting in the desert! Coming soon @designdohabiennial 💥 @torbafarm

Drylands constitute nearly half of the global land area, hosting complex ecosystems of human and non-human life. Their characterisation as deserts, however, suggests absence rather than presence. This misleading conceptualisation of drylands as “empty”, has led to their consistent environmental and social exploitation, in the form of resource extraction, forced dispossession and military occupation. Far from being empty, these drylands are home to over 3 billion people, and with global heating, drylands are expanding. Rather than imposing an artificial order over these landscapes, the project seeks to engage with the natural resources they have to offer. 🌴

#materialcultures #biobased #naturalmaterials #architecture #design

We are working on something exciting in the desert! Coming soon @designdohabiennial 💥 @torbafarm

Drylands constitute nearly half of the global land area, hosting complex ecosystems of human and non-human life. Their characterisation as deserts, however, suggests absence rather than presence. This misleading conceptualisation of drylands as “empty”, has led to their consistent environmental and social exploitation, in the form of resource extraction, forced dispossession and military occupation. Far from being empty, these drylands are home to over 3 billion people, and with global heating, drylands are expanding. Rather than imposing an artificial order over these landscapes, the project seeks to engage with the natural resources they have to offer. 🌴

#materialcultures #biobased #naturalmaterials #architecture #design

We are working on something exciting in the desert! Coming soon @designdohabiennial 💥 @torbafarm

Drylands constitute nearly half of the global land area, hosting complex ecosystems of human and non-human life. Their characterisation as deserts, however, suggests absence rather than presence. This misleading conceptualisation of drylands as “empty”, has led to their consistent environmental and social exploitation, in the form of resource extraction, forced dispossession and military occupation. Far from being empty, these drylands are home to over 3 billion people, and with global heating, drylands are expanding. Rather than imposing an artificial order over these landscapes, the project seeks to engage with the natural resources they have to offer. 🌴

#materialcultures #biobased #naturalmaterials #architecture #design

Today we release four short films that narrate a participatory process of design and construction, available now on our website! Link in bio

Growing Place explores the possibilities of alternative learning models, materials, economies and cultures to shape the infrastructures required to access and nurture land. With @blackrootz__ @wolveslanecentre

George describes a land first approach to design & construction 

Growing Place was developed with support from re:arc institute (@rearc.institute).

📸 @elenacremona
🎥 @connornewson @lavandafilmsuk