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1.1 Key-people identified:
- Restorer Andre Shopman, renovation in wattle-and-daub
- Builder Charles Thuijls - Leemwerk Vof
- Carl Giskens – Tierrafino (co-founder of this plaster company)
- Builder Christo Markham - Building Traditions (plasters, ovens, etc.)
- Architect Ernst Israel, built an eco-project in straw-earth / terre-paille.
- Rokus Oskam – producer and supplier of earthen building materials, exporter of CEB and CEB machinery.
- Architect Sjap Holst, ECO-DESIGN arTchitecture (contemporary architecture)
- Author Stefaan Ardui (co-author of the book 'Hedendaagse Leembouw' (Contemporary Earth Construction)
1.2 Key-institutions identified:
- Network: SBR – Stichting Bouw Research (Enterprise Network) (contact: Sjap Holst)
- Association: VIBA – Vereniging Integrale Biologische Architecthur (Dutch Association for Integral Biological Architecture)
1.3 Key-people contacted:
- Andre Shopman, renovation in wattle-and-daub
- Builder Charles Thuijls - Leemwerk Vof
- Builder Christo Markham - Building Traditions (plasters, ovens, etc.)
- Oskam v/f, producer of earthen building materials
- Architect Sjap Holst, ECO-DESIGN arTchitecture
1.4 Sites identified:
- Open Air Museum of Arnhem
- Open Air Museum of Alphen aan den Ryn
1.5 Sites visited:
- Open Air Museum of Arnhem
- Vernacular architecture in the east of the country
1.6 Contributors to the cartography:
- The Netherlands Open-Air Museum in Arnhem
- Builder Charles Thuijls - Leemwerk Vof
- Frans Van Oeveren – interested in vernacular architecture
- Architect Sjap Holst - ECO-DESIGN arTchitecture, contemporary architecture
1.7 Notes:
- National Conference being organised in the 17th of March 2011, at Tilburg, in the southwest of the Netherlands.
- Ecovillage Brabant has been given a grant from the Dutch ministry of 120.000 euro to support their building project. (Earthships)
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