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Eco-friendly Stone and Mud Home Dug Into the Hillside

WebStaff — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:38:04 +0000

Doesn’t this home look like something straight out of The Hobbit?

The “low impact woodland home” exists in Wales.Â It was built by the owner with regard for the environment.Â It’s dug into the hillside, which means it’s probably energy efficient too.Â The foundation and retaining walls are made with mud and stone. Straw bales in the floor, walls, and roof help insulate the home.Â Reclaimed wood was used for the floor and fittings.

This building is one part of a low-impact or permaculture approach to life. This sort of life is about living in harmony with both the natural world and ourselves, doing things simply and using appropriate levels of technology. These sort of low cost, natural buildings have a place not only in their own sustainability, but also in their potential to provide affordable housing which allows people access to land and the opportunity to lead more simple, sustainable lives. For example this house was made to house our family whilst we worked in the woodland surrounding the house doing ecological woodland management and setting up a forest garden, things that would have been impossible had we had to pay a regular rent or mortgage. This is an excerpt from Alternative Housing

Duncan Chapel Remix Project

WebStaff — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:28:22 +0000

We at Green Arch Design Group had the pleasure of working with the 5th Grade Challenge class of Duncan Chapel Elementary School a few weeks ago.Â Below are some pictures of theÂ students as they talk about different types of architecture.Â Â EachÂ studentÂ created a re-mix ofÂ an audio journalÂ created byÂ Clemson College Architectural student, Aaron Wells.Â Aaron made these audio journals while studyingÂ in Europe.Â The students even added their own voices to their remixes.

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Click on “Audio Journals”Â under â€œCatagoriesâ€ to listen to the originalÂ audio journals.

Click on each student’s name to listen to their re-mix.

San Pietro – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:30:13 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience ofÂ San Pietro (St. Peter’sÂ Basilica) in Vatican City, Rome.Â This audio journal was createdÂ on November 7, 2006.Â

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

San Pietro – St. Peter’s Basilica

Click on the link below to listen to the OutTakes

San Peitro OutTakes

Tour d’Eiffel – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:29:24 +0000

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Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience ofÂ the Eiffel TowerÂ in Paris, France.Â

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

Tour d’Eiffel

Click on the link below to listen to the OutTakes.

Tour d’Eiffel OutTakes

Click on the link below to read about the Tour d’Eiffel going dark.

Eiffel Tower Goes Dark

Notre Dame de Paris – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:46:15 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of Notre Dame in Paris, France.Â This audio journal was createdÂ on November 19, 2006.Â

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

Notre Dame de Paris

Click on the link below to listen to the OutTakes.Â

Notre Dame de Paris OutTakes

Duomo Di Milano – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:56:55 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of theÂ Duomo Di MilanoÂ in Milan, Italy.Â This audio journal was createdÂ on September 17, 2006.Â

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

Duomo Di Milano – The second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the world.

Click on the link below to listen to the OutTakes.

Duomo Di Milano OutTakes

Ponte Rialto, Venice Italy – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:38:37 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of the Ponte Rialto in Venice, Italy.Â This audio journal was createdÂ on September 8, 2006.Â

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

Ponte RialtoÂ

Genoa Villa, Italy – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:09:49 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of the Clemson Architectural Foundation’s Daniel Center.Â This audio journal was created in the Fall of 2006.

Click on the link below toÂ listen toÂ the audio journal.

Genoa Villa

Piazza San Marco, Venice Italy – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:01:40 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. This audio journal was created in the Fall of 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

Piazza San Marco

Click on the link below to listen to the OutTakes.

Piazza San Marco OutTakes

Instructions – Audio Journal – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanites

WebStaff — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:47:02 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. Scott Gould, faculty member at the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, gives instructions to his students about how to describe a space.Â

Recorded June 21, 2006

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.Â

govschtrack1.mp3

My Room – Audio Journal – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanites

WebStaff — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:43:18 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. A Governor’s School student describes her dorm room.Â

Recorded June 21, 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

govschtrack2.mp3

A Dorm Room – Audio Journal – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanites

WebStaff — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:40:44 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series.Â A Governor’s School student describes the dorm room.Â

Recorded June 21, 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

A Dorm Room

The Library – Audio Journal – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanites

WebStaff — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:33:50 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. A Governor’s School student describes the library.Â

Recorded June 21, 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

The Library

A Guestroom – Audio Journal – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanites

WebStaff — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:26:50 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. Governor’s School student describesÂ a room.Â

Recorded June 21, 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

govschtrack5.mp3

NewSpring Church, Anderson, SC – New & Old Building Comparision – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:19:02 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. Clemson University architecture student Aaron WellsÂ compares the architectural experience of participating in a Worship service at NewSpring Church when their home was the Fine Arts building at Anderson College with their new building. This audio journal was created inÂ March 2006.

Click on link below to listen to the audio journal.

Anderson, SC – New & Old Building Comparision – Audio JournalÂ

NewSpring Church @ New Building, Anderson, SC – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:33:40 +0000

Part of the Great Places! series. Clemson architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of participating in a Worship service at NewSpring Church at their new building in Anderson, SC. This audio journal was created in March 2006.

Click on the link below to listen to the audio journal.

NewSpring Church @ New Building, Anderson, SC – Audio JournalÂ

NewSpring Church @ Anderson College, SC – Audio Journal

WebStaff — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:56:30 +0000

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Part of the Great Places! series. Clemson University architecture student Aaron Wells describes the architectural experience of participating in a Worship service at NewSpring Church when their home was the Fine Arts building at Anderson College in South Carolina. This audio journal was created in January 2006.Â

Click on link below to listen to the audio journal.

NewSpring Church @ Anderson College, SC – Audio Journal