DESIGN & BUILD WITH CORDWOOD 31 July- 27th August 2017 Design and Build with Cordwood, a four week building workshop in…
Poster submission to Degrowth Conference
We submitted 3 posters to the Degrowth Conference in Malmö, sharing the work from the BI0N network. Check out more…
Next courses in the BI0N network!!
Our partners have opened their Workshops for international participants, if you are interested apply to the partner through following the…
Global network build for local farmers
Article in the magazine Arkitekten about our latest project.
We have a Cordwood building – The finishing 4th week
The last week of the workshop, and plenty of things were completed. We started and finished laying the cordwood floors,…
Some more footage from the site
Taklagsfest
The cordwood walls and the design is starting to take shape
The third week started with making the first cordwood wall, starting with the southern facade. It was exciting to finally…
Article in LT
AES and Eko-Odlarna in the local news! Great work everyone!
2nd week of building
The 2nd week started with a lecture by Cordwood DIY builder Olle Hagman, taking us through the history of cordwood…
Starting our Cordwood Workshop in Östertälje
Finally we start our Learn BIØN workshop in Cordwood. We have 4 weeks to build a boutique for the Eco-farmers…
#3. Design and Build with Cordwood
Design and Build with Cordwood is a 4 week building workshop. During the workshop we will build a cordwood building…
In Portugal for the 1st BI0N Workshop!
AES has gone to Montemor-o-Novo to learn how to build with compressed earth blocks together with the experts in Oficinas do…
Cordwood: First Test 1:1
We left the city and spent the weekend at the coast in Sörmland, where we could do a 1:1 experiment…
Cordwood model making
We made some small models of a Lomax corner (load bearing), and wall-filling frames to experiment on possible designs. The…
Introduction and collaboration workshop
We would like to invite Newly Arrived Architects and others, to participate in planning, designing and building in Cordwood. A…
Apply to participate in the first BIØN workshop
Join the BIØN building workshops, the application just opened! The first course is in Portugal, teaching the compressed earth block (CEB)…
Eco-farmers in Telje – Our new partners
We have been searching for a partner for our proposed workshop in the BI0N network, and we can now proudly…
Collaboration in Brussels
We are now in Brussels!! Our second staff training course together with our european partners, expanding our knowledge on participatory methods…
Rebuilding on Moturiki
Thank you all that contributed to support the island of Moturiki after devastating cyclone Winston! Here is the update of…
BIØN startup meeting in Brussels
AES joined all our partners for the first meeting in Brussels to discuss the outline of the collaboration project that…
Building Impact Zero Network
We are happy to announce that finally we start a new project collaboration with 6 european partners, that will stretch over…
Update – Stronger than Winston
We have now sent the first donation of 39.500 kr to Moturiki island. Our partner organisation Matakavou will use it…
AW – Stronger than Winston
Thank you all for joining us during this evening dedicated to the pacific, and more specifically to raise money for…
AW – STRONGER THAN WINSTON
AW – STRONGER THAN WINSTON INFORMATIONSKVÄLL OM KLIMATHOTET FÖR STILLAHAVSÖARNA & STÖD TILL ÅTERUPPBYGGNADEN EFTER CYKLONEN WINSTON AW tisdag 22:e…
Årsmöte 2016
Nu är det dags!! Spara datumet 3 april i era kalendrar. Dagordning är utskickat och vi har flera spännande projekt på…
INSAMLINGEN TILL FIJI
Vi behöver all hjälp vi kan få, sätt in ditt bidrag till återuppbyggnaden!! SWISH 123 510 17 12 Har du…
AES in Montemor-o-Novo | Portugal
AES visited the CEB (Compressed Earth Brick) workshop in Montemor-o-Novo |Portugal organised by Oficinas do Convento and Touraterre. They had just completed…
Kubbhus (Cordwood) workshop in Ängbygård
AES team joined Sörmlandsmuseet cordwood workshop in Ängbygård, Björkvik. We learned from experts in the field about construction, mortar mix, historical examples,…
Exhibition opening at Helsinki Design Week
The South of North Exhibition opened on friday in Teurastamo, at the Helsinki Design Week. The work presents 12 nordic…
A great weekend in Copenhagen at the SoN seminar
The seminars continue and we are making great progress with planning future exhibitions and workshops, as well as building a…
AES visits Copenhagen for the South of North seminar
The nordic collaboration continues. AES will participate in the workshops and seminars arranged in Copenhagen. If you are around, don’t…
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance international Conference in Stockholm
Anna Sundman joined the conference and the 17th SuSaA meeting in Stockholm. Professionals in the field all gathered for the…
Annual meeting 2011
The annual meeting was held on the 1st of July. AES made some operational improvements, organizing manuals and translating documents…
Between-ness, A Community Center
Anna Sundman’s thesis project “Between-ness, A Community Center “ was displayed at The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm on the…
AES interviewed in the magazine Leva
Terre de Femme 2011 awards at Berns, Stockholm
Following its prize-winning success in 2010, the directors of Architectural Environmental Strategies were invited to present an update of its…
Future Challanges, Ancient Solutions
The international conference, organized by the University of the South Pacific, was held from 29 November to 3 December 2010.…
The women of Moturiki starts recycling
The members of the women’s group, Soqosoqo ni marama,of the island of Moturiki were invited to the village of Niubasaga…
Professor Joeli Veitayaki visits Niubasaga
Joeli Veitayaki is Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Marine Studies, University of South Pacific. He visited us…
Recycling station for the village
The recycling station built in 2009 in the village of Niubasaga on Moturiki was destroyed in 2010 by cyclone Mick.…
Meetings in Niubasaga
Several meetings were held in Niubasaga – weekly meetings with the women’s group, Soqosoqo ni marama, monthly meetings with the…
The materials arrive
We decided on building four Eco-toilets with composting chambers. Most of the materials (timber from coconut palms, shells for washbasins,…
Waste management strategies for Moturiki
Women of the earth award
Our engagement with the work on Caqalai was recognized and awarded first prize by Yves Rocher Foundation, Women of the…
Documentation reports for Caqalai are completed
We carefully documented our work progress during the four months on Caqalai Island in a week by week diary. This…
Fundraiser 2009
A fundraising party was organised in Melbourne to raise money for starting the Caqalai project.
Project visits
AES project in Niubasaga is mentioned on Devdoc. To read the full story click here.
Caqalai clean up
Folk from Viti Watersports diveshop, Caqalai Island Resort and Architectural Environmental Strategies joined forces for an island clean-up to celebrate…
How we came about
Architectural Environmental Strategies is a non-profit organization, connecting people and communities in developing countries with sustainable development initiatives. The process…
