by hermiedelport | Aug 12, 2014 | Architectural educational practice, Community, Events, Hermie Delport, Natural building, Sustainable building
As a senior lecturer in the Architectural Technology department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology I get the opportunity to write and present papers at conferences, congresses and symposiums, with the benefit to see what is happening in the field and to...
by hermiedelport | Mar 18, 2014 | Architectural educational practice, Design Build, Earthen Schools, Hermie Delport, Light Earth
The first time I made cob I was knee deep in trouble, there was no way of ever leaving this muddy business again. I simply love the smell and feel of wet earth being mixed. I guess it started when I lived in Prince Albert as a 5 year old and mixed “chocolate milk” in...