1. 15-30 November 2015
Kala Bhavana
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan, INDIA.
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy
I woke up and saw that life was service
I acted and behold service was joy”
- Rabindranath Tagore
EARTH ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP
newearthuk@gmail.com
PH: +447454466497
Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal 731235, India
www.visvabharati.ac.in
Info. & Registration: www.new-earth.org.uk
Tuition: $1000 / £660 (limited scholarships)
Shared accommodation/meals provided.
Travel expenses excluded.
Very limited places still available, apply now!
NEW EARTH UK Presents
Ceramic Dome:Tagore
Kala Bhavana (the faculty of fine arts) of Visva Bharati Uni-
versity, is among the most renowned in world. The univer-
sity, often called Santiniketan (meaning the abode of peace),
was founded and developed by the Nobel Laureate poet
Rabindranath Tagore.
Learn the Art of Ceramic Houses amid Tagore’s inspiring
poetry and Bengal’s sacred terracotta architecture. Take this
chance to serve humanity through the arts of masonry and
ceramics. Your work will address some of the world’s most
pressing problems of homelessness and environmental dis-
aster, by building in harmony with nature using timeless
principles and universally available materials. The process
of building, firing, and financing a ceramic house relies on
human knowledge and creativity rather than products. Expe-
rience hands-on research and teamwork, to empower you to
pick up the earth under your feet, either in a remote village,
or with hi-tech tools like 3-D printers, and build the dream
structures of 21st century Eco-Villages.
If you dream of a sustainable architecture that is relevant
today, pack your bags for two weeks and join this unique
hands-on retreat.
Instructors:
Iliona Outram Khalili, RIBA, Architect and Master Builder
Studied with humanitarian architect Nader Khalili, helping him establish
Cal-Earth Institute in California for research and development of earth and
ceramic architecture, as well as “Emergency Sandbag Shelter” which won
the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. She currently works inde-
pendently as director of New Earth UK teaching people from around the
world how to build their own homes, schools, and public buildings.
Ashley Schwartz, Ceramic Artist and Eco Builder
Assisted architects Nader Khalili and Iliona Outram developing the Cal-
Earth Ceramics department. She gained her degree in Ceramics from Cal
State Northridge. She conducted research on firing ceramic houses and
developing earth architecture as a viable option for low cost, low tech
housing.
Aktanin Khair Tanin, Graphic Artist and Coordinator
Specialising in Design Development and Communications, she has a BA in
Graphic Design and MA in Mass Communication from the University of
Bedfordshire, UK. Former lecturer of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of
Dhaka. She joined New Earth UK in 2013 as an active board member, and
has since coordinated workshops in the UK and Asia.
“The time has come to step out from the
womb of a pot into the space of our lives.”
- Architect Nader Khalili