Did We Miss Your Question at EcoFest? Let’s Chat!
- Gabrielle Stannus
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
Which question did you really want to ask us at EcoFest about how our building and landscape design business might help you? Or did you just want to know more about our model? No question (or project) is too small!
Ludovic and I would like to thank all the many people who stopped by our model house and garden display at last weekend's EcoFest at Camp Clayton near Ulverstone. We received plenty of interest and fielded many questions. Although, I have a feeling that there were plenty more that people wanted to ask us. So, I am sharing some links related to the key topics of discussion over that weekend to fill in the gaps, from hempcrete to edible and ornamental gardens, we have you covered. Plus, I share some extra information about some of the features in the display. And if there is anything else you would like to know, send us through your questions!
Ludovic received quite a few questions from people visiting our display about using hempcrete to build their homes. If you were one of those people, and would like to know about this building material, read Ludovic's blogs, 'Hands-on with hempcrete' or 'Hemp: Houses that breathe so that you can too'. Likewise, our model home was constructed to showcase the benefits of design based on effective use of passive solar, e.g. orientation to the north (here in the southern hemisphere of course!), and windows protected from the 'high' sun during summer time. You can read more about that aspect in another one of Ludovic's blogs: 'Harnessing the Sun: The art of solar passive design'.
Every home should have a vegie patch, preferably one that is integrated into the whole garden rather than segregated fro the 'ornamental' or 'biodiversity' sections. If you missed out on my presentation on Sunday morning, 'Good looking gardens to tickle your tastebuds', you can read my blog, 'Hey good looking! What you got cooking?' summarising this content about edible gardens.
What's not to like about a fire pit? This one seen here could easily be constructed with reclaimed bricks. The way many of our clients have asked us to help them is to create a landscape concept that they can construct and/or plant over time using materials that have sourced themselves. You have heard of 'Slow Food', well why not 'Slow Gardens'? Let's work together!
The spirit-like creatures that could be found in our display are based on the Kodama, tree spirits appeared in 'Princess Mononoke', the famous anime by Studio Ghibli. In that film, the Kodama are children of old trees, and their presence is a sign that a forest is healthy.
The Barcelona chair is a chair Ludovic's scaled down version of the Barcelona chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 International Exposition. Good design last throughout the years!
The Modulor (figure in black) ... Devised by Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier, the Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions. It was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the Imperial and the metric systems. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised, hence the "Man in Black' here!
Finally, if you wanted to ask us a question but were either too shy or too busy to do so at EcoFest, never fear! You can find us on Facebook or Instagram. You can also email Ludovic at ludovic@inwardoustudio.com (building design) or me, Gabrielle, via gabrielle@inwardoutstudio.com (the plant stuff!). And if you have a question/topic that you would like to see discussed in a blog, please send us your ideas.
À bientôt !
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