[Lapg] NEW BOOK! The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building/Permaculure Book

Sat Jul 24 08:42:02 PDT 2010

NEW! The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building
by Johan van Lengen
720 pp, 2008, $18

http://www.shelterpub.com/_barefoot/BA-book.html

The first English translation of the 
international bestseller dripping with 
easy-to-understand drawings.

A former UN worker and prominent architect, 
permaculture teacher/designer Johan van Lengen 
has seen firsthand the desperate need for a 
"greener" approach to housing in impoverished 
tropical climates. This comprehensive book 
clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, 
including design (siting, orientation, climate 
consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, 
earth), and implementation.

The author emphasizes throughout the book what is 
inexpensive and sustainable. Included are 
sections discussing urban planning, small-scale 
energy production, cleaning and storing drinking 
water, and dealing with septic waste  and all the 
information  is applied to three distinct 
tropical regions: humid areas, temporate areas, 
and desert climates. Hundreds of explanatory 
drawings by van Lengen allow even novice builders 
to get started.Basic design, climate, and site 
planning for humid and dry climates. Includes 
info on Adobe, rammed earth, bamboo, plaster, 
wood, concrete and ferro-cement; Foundations, 
roofs, floors, walls, doors, windows, and 
eco-techniques; Solar heating, water-powered 
electricity, natural cooling and ventilation; 
Water purification, pumps, cisterns, septic 
tanks, composting toilets

This book is for people who dream of building a 
simple home. It is also for those in the building 
trades: carpenters, masons, plumbers, and 
artisans, as well as for urban planners, rural 
technicians, and small community designers.
It covers basic design, use of a great variety of 
natural materials, construction details, natural 
heating and cooling, and water and sanitation 
techniques. Although many of the methods shown 
are traditional, more modern techniques are shown 
as well.

FROM THE JUNGLES OF BRAZIL -
A GREEN BUILDING MANUAL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

	*	Basic design, climate, and site 
planning for humid and dry climates
	*	Adobe, rammed earth, bamboo, 
plaster, wood, concrete and ferro-cement
	*	Foundations, roofs, floors, 
walls, doors, windows, and eco-techniques
	*	Solar heating, water-powered 
electricity, natural cooling and ventilation
	*	Water purification, pumps, 
cisterns, septic tanks, composting toilets
This book is for people who dream of building a 
simple home. It is also for those in the building 
trades: carpenters, masons, plumbers, and 
artisans, as well as for urban planners, rural 
technicians, and small community designers.
It covers basic design, use of a great variety of 
natural materials, construction details, natural 
heating and cooling, and water and sanitation 
techniques. Although many of the methods shown 
are traditional, more modern techniques are shown 
as well.

Johan van Lengen wrote and illustrated the Manual 
of the Barefoot Architect in Spanish in 1982, 
while in Mexico. The government bought 40,000 
copies and placed one in every library in the 
country. The book went on to sell over 200,000 
copies in Latin America.
An extended version was later published in 
Portuguese in Brazil. This is the first English 
translation.

Johan van Lengen permaculture teacher and Architect Center in Brasil

TIBÁ - Tecnologia Intuitiva e Bio-Arquitetura

http://www.tibarose.com/ing/home.htm

  is a place of encounter, created in 1987 by Rose 
and Johan van Lengen to impart a deeper awareness 
of how we perceive our environment.

Through the integration of art and science, 
intuition and logic, reason and feeling, 
communication will be enriched. Each individual 
is given a possibility to share his own 
experience, which then becomes a part of a true 
collectiveness, using group communication and 
creativity.

In conjunction with its various programmes in 
housing, sanitation, communication and education, 
TIBÁ provides consultation in eco-techniques. Our 
staff also maintains exchanges with other 
experts, institutions and groups dedicated 
towards similar goals, within Brazil as well as 
in many other parts of the world.

TIBA has developed a number of ways to improve 
housing and ways of transferring this knowledge 
to those who stand to benefit by it. This is done 
in the form of workshops, all supported by a 
program producing didactic materials such as 
posters, games, bulletins, manuals and books.

Our team is available to give courses and 
workshops abroad; we have given seminars 
throughout Latin America, Europe, and India. In 
addition the centre is open to receive other 
groups who are looking for a beautiful and 
inspiring place to run their own workshops or 
gatherings.

TIBA's buildings surround a charming cobblestone 
square set within the Mata Atlantica (coastal 
jungle) with waterfalls, large ponds, orchards 
and gardens. There are many trails to explore 
throughout this tropical forest where one can 
observe the many birds and other animals.

In Tupi, an indigenous language in Brazil, Tiba means
" A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE MEET "

TIBÁ - Tecnologia Intuitiva e Bio-Arquitetura
Estrada do Alto Sertão S/N
Cep. 28660-000
Bom Jardim - RJ - Brasil.
CAIXA POSTAL: 98092
Tel: (55-21) 9601-7501
info at tibarose.com

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP: May 22 and 23, 2010
Professors: PETER VAN LENGEN AND MELINA GOULART
This workshop offers an awakening of simple 
practices of planning, ones that can be used at 
your home, in your life and begin the walk in 
search of ecological sustainability.
GRASS ROOF WORKSHOP: May 29 and 30, 2010
Professors: JOHAN VAN LENGEN AND PETER VAN LENGEN
This workshop will teach one how to prepare a 
grass roof structure covered with plants and 
which materials one should use. This type of roof 
has a thermal function, for it helps to keep a 
comfortable temperature inside the house.

ECOLOGICAL WATER SYSTEM WORKSHOP: June 3 to the 6, 2010
Professors: JOHAN VAN LENGEN, PETER VAN LENGEN AND ROQUE SAENZ
In this workshop we will review the following 
techniques: Bason (waterless toilet), biological 
filters for grey water treatment and rain water 
harvesting.

BAMBOO WORKSHOP: July 15 to the 18, 2010
Professors: EDOARDO DE ARANHA AND FRANCISCO LIMA
"Bambooist" is the term usually given to any 
individual that has a passion for this material: 
Bamboo. Henceforth the main objective of this 
workshop is to transform the participants into 
bambooists.

BIO-ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP: July 21 to the 25, 2010
Professors: JOHAN VAN LENGEN AND PETER VAN LENGEN
In this workshop all the techniques offered by 
TIBÁ will be approached; Bamboo, Grass Roof, 
Cascaje, Bason, Adobe, Permaculture, Creativity 
and Alfa/Beta. The workshop will explain the 
concept of Bio-architecture through the 
combination of traditional materials like bamboo 
or adobe and modern materials such as cement or 
plasto.
BUILDING WITH EARTH WORKSHOP: July 29 to August 1, 2010
Professors: PETER VAN LENGEN, MICHEL HABIB E BIANCA JOAQUIM
This workshop will examine the importance and 
versitality of earth building techniques. The 
student will learn how to prepare and apply 
ADOBE, COB, RAMMED EARTH, SUPER ADOBE, etc. They 
will also make natural paints and finishes and a 
natural water-proofing component based on cactus 
juice.

AGROFORESTRY WORKSHOP: October 9 to the 12, 2010
Professor: ERNST GÖTSCH
This workshop offers the principals of the 
AGROFOREST SYSTEM (AFS). These are used in the 
recovery of damaged areas, creating agricultural 
ecosystems similar to natural and original 
ecosystems. This is accomplished with the 
planting of annual, biannual and permanent plants.
Forest creations made of different cereal, fruit 
and flower species through the use of AFS, 
enabling short, medium and long term production. 
We will also examine soil management, ecological 
techniques like the systematic reuse of organic 
matter and permanent management.

INTUITIVE ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP: 2010
How to Design Using the Right Side of the Brain
Professor: JOHAN VAN LENGEN
This workshop teaches us how to become aware of 
Beta waves through different exercises of logic 
followed by exercises where we learn how to go 
into our natural creativity using Alfa waves. We 
will also learn how to use them not only in our 
profession but also with any other creative 
experience.

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