News > Improvising with earth: practice in building adobe vaults without mould

We are pleased to annouce that the first module of Iranian earthen architecture international workshops of "Esfahk Mud Center" is going to be held from February 26th to March 2nd 2018 in the historic vilalge of Esfahk, on e of several desert climate villages in Iran.

The workshop is scheduled to present Iranian vernacular architecture generally and especially earthen architecture traditional techniques about building vaults. This include practicing the techniques by building four specific vault types which are built without any mould with adobe. Building the vaults is going to be led by two old skillful masons who have built so many vaults in the village by their own.

Flyer: improvising_with_earth.jpg

Programme: programme_esfahk.pdf