TIBÁ

		TIBÁ offers a variety of courses in bio-architecture and intuitive tecnology.



		DATES 2010

			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.

GEOBIOLOGY
Geobiology or Biology of Construction is also known as HABITAT MEDICINE. This science supports the fact that every house, office or building are important health suppliers. This means that depending on the conditions we live in, we are less or more healthy.
On one hand, we have the Ill Building Syndrome that according to OMS is the medical condition where people get sick apparently without a real cause and the symptoms increase by being in the same building for a period of time. These conditions can make us less active, affecting our efficiency and our well-being. On the other hand, Geobiology introduces a whole new concept of the Healthy Home with practical and effective solutions where our spaces can turn into a new source of energy, health and have a better life style.
Healthy Home is an action about being socially responsible by just being aware to the fact that we can improve our life style and at the same time care about our natural environment.
The Geobiology workshop gives to environmental and health professionals such as architects, engineers, biologists, and doctors among others, professional and practical tools to detect and transform “ill buildings” into healthy homes.

AGROFORESTRY
In Ernst Gotsch´s words: “I’m trying to create, in every part of the world where I stand as a forest gardener, agricultural ecosystems similar in structure and function to the ones found in nature. At the same time, I’m trying to leave a legacy of something positive in the balance of life and in energy complexified by carbon, both in sub-systems of my intervention as in the macro organism as is Planet Earth, a place where we are just a part of it and no more important as any other species.

Topics
• Principles of Agroforestal Systems run by nature
• Recovery of degraded areas, creating agrosystems similar to natural and original ecosystems.
• Intensive and diverse planting
• Annual and biannual consorted planting as creators of made of fruit and flower species.
• AFS planning in short, middle and long terms.
• Integration of different types of plants (herbal plants, bushes and different seasons trees)
• Analysis of plant species used as indicators
• Analysis of internship species
• Systematic reuse of organic matter
• Planting directly with seeds and stacks
• Harvesting and permanent management

This workshop will both practical and theoretical.

BAMBOO
The art of Bamboo is directed for Architectural Projects, Landscaping, Construction, Eco-design and decoration. This natural material is highly renewable, that’s why it is used in ecological and sustainable projects.
“Bambooist” is the term usually given to any individual that has a passion for this material.. Henceforth the main objective of this workshop is to transform the participants into bambooists.
This course offers a general knowledge of Bamboo’s properties, showing the different aspects and acceptation as a conservation element, as environmental resurgence, as an energy system and as a building element.
In order to explore all these aspects as a whole, this workshop proposes to gather building techniques approached through art and education.

Topics
• Bamboo
• Taxonomy
• Morphology
• Cuts
• Treatments
• Drying
• Plantation
• Building possibilities
• Bamboo and seasons
• Fertilizers
• Soil
• Tools
• Safety equipment
• Research centers
• Bibliography
• Miscellaneous
• Architecture and design

BUILDING WITH EARTH
This course intends to make people aware about the importance of earth in construction. It teaches how to prepare, apply and make finishes using different earth techniques and also how to adapt these techniques to buildings made with other materials.

Topics:
• Building with earth Introduction
• Ecologic construction
• Tradition and new applications
• Construction techniques with earth
• Materials
• Soil analysis
• Natural pigments
• Earth and cal finishes- interior/exterior
• Earth walls protection
• Earth construction practices

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE
Permaculture is a powerful weapon of sustainability useful for our survival on earth in this new millennium.

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.

The objective of the workshop is to train people to design and redo their homes so that they become as sustainable as possible.

Will have notions in terms of soil, water, vegetable production, renewable energies and bio-construction. The activities objective will be to guide the participants towards the implementation and promotion of sustainable environments for humans.

INTUITIVE ARCHITECTURE
This workshop will provide tools to discover new levels of conceptualisation which will turn the act of design into a new experience.
During the design of a project there are moments when one has to be very lucid and analytical, while at other moments our imagination must take over. When this happens our mental projections move from the left hemisphere of our brain to the right hemisphere.

Reality is observed by each side in its own way, the left side is the analytical and sequential part, while the right side is intuitive and synchronistic.

LOGIC:
• Introduction to Beta method
• Affinity matrices
• Preparation of resistance maps
• Form-diagrams design

INTUITION:
• Breathing exercises
• Change the rhythm of brain waves
• Eco-imagination use in creativity
• Group work
• Unknown brain zones
• Use of periphery vision

During the last day students will apply the different ways of perceiving reality in a number of projects.

CASCAJE
"Cascajes" are light-weight concrete, prefabricated slabs used to make floors and roofs. The idea was invented at Tiba and proved to be substantially more economical compared to typical concrete floor slabs, which use more cement and steel reinforcement. It offers a pleasant visual aspect , has durability and space for ducts and wiring.

During this course one learns to make the moulds, prepare the cement / sand mixtures and details of installation and waterproofing.

ECOLOGICAL WATER SYSTEM
Waterless Toilet, Grey Water Filter and Rain Water Harvesting.
The Bason (waterless toilet), developed by Johan van Lengen is a prototype based on technology diffused worldwide, transforming human waste into organic fertilizer. It is “waterless” because there is no use of water to flush and it is compostable once it passes a Biochemical process where microorganisms and bacterium convert the waste into organic fertilizer, without pathogens. Furthermore, it is “ecological” due to its natural biological cycles, without polluting the environment. In this workshop you will learn how to make and assemble the thin concrete plates of the compartments and how to install the accessories (seats, ventilation tubes and lids)

Grey water is the term used for the water coming from showers, washing basins, laundry machine or any water which does not contain fecal residue. Once the grey water gets treated by the biological filters it can be reused.

The rain water which falls on the roof of an edification can be harvested, stored and reused.

GRASS ROOF
The vegetation covered roof guarantees the thermal comfort in the internal ambience due to thermal inversion provided by such a roof. It has the capacity to reduce the local temperatures of the urban centers, increase the amount of oxygen and air humidity, plus reduce noise pollution. The plants absorb the dust and pollution, providing a better air quality and has an excellent visual aspect. The rain water on the roof of the edification can be kept, stored and reused.

Here one learns to build the structure of a grass roof, how to place the sods and how to install a simple drainage system. Apart from a pleasant aspect of such a roof it also provides climatic comfort in the spaces below, be it the hot or cold seasons.

LOCATION: TIBA in Bom Jardim - State of Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.
For futher information about how to get to Tiba click here.

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on May 21 the afternoon, 2010.
GRASS ROOF: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on May 28 the afternoon, 2010.
ECOLOGICAL WATER SYSTEM: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on June 2 the afternoon, 2010.
BAMBOO: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on July 28 the afternoon, 2010.
BIO-ARCHITECTURE: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on July 20 the afternoon, 2010.
BUILDING WITH EARTH: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on July 28 the afternoon, 2010.
AGROFORESTRY: the participants of the workshop must present themselves at TIBÁ on October 8 the afternoon, 2010.

The workshops begin at 7 AM the following day. Once the workshop has started no participants will be accepted.

A bath towel, flip flops, repelent, flash light and walking shoes are recomended.

COST

Cost per person: R$400,00 workshop of INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE, which includes materials, room and meals.

Cost per person: R$400,00 workshop of GRASS ROOF, which includes materials, room and meals

Cost per person: R$750,00 workshop of ECOLOGICAL WATER SYSTEM, which includes materials, room and meals.

Cost per person: R$800,00 workshop of BAMBOO, which includes materials, room and meals.

Cost per person: R$1,400,00 workshop of BIO-ARCHITECTURE, which includes materials, room and meals.

Cost per person: R$800,00 workshop of BUILDING WITH EARTH, which includes materials, room and meals.

Cost per person: R$800,00 workshop of AGROFORESTRY, which includes materials, room and meals.

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