2025

A wild fire destroyed all the spaces that used to be on this land. All that was left when we started building was a pile of rocks. We built up the walls again, added new wooden structures, extended the roof and built a custom outdoor kitchen.

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Granite is beautiful, local material here, and ideal for the weather conditions, so we tested the best way for us to work with it. For the mortar, we used local clay, sand and water and finished the walls with a natural lime plaster.

For the floor insulation of the granite ruin we pressed insulation blocks using straw and clay. The walls we plastered with clay and straw. We tried to push this ecological way of building to the limit: From re-using an basketball floor as boards for the floor to building in sockets from recycled plastic.

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To filter and distribute more water from our well, we extended our existing water system. We now have a big water hub that connects basekamp with middle land and the sketchy ruin. So two more water points that make the land more fire safe.

To be able to safely store natural materials and second-hand items for future projects, we set up the biggest dry space so far.