Monday, February 23, 2015

Winter Timelapse


filmed with:Gopro3
filmed by Nicolas Bedau
edited by Nicolas Kantuser
License: CC

The First to come


A million thanx go out to Joni the first who came, stayed and worked with us........for our dream. We will always remember the nice 3 months you spend with us. All the input to the project or how you would call it "company" lol......lets see what we can make out of it.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Rain Water Cistern of 100.000L



The cistern is the central part of our fresh water management, it stores the winter rainfall that is collected trough out all hard surfaces like roofs, verandas and stairs that we created through out the building process. This area ads up to 281 sq m with an average 380 mm of annual perception (rainfall) the water that will be collected is around 100.000 L (100m3). This amount of water can provide all needs of the Ecolodge trough out the 4 dry Summer months.
In August the excavation started(pic.1) and we extracted about 30% of the stones we used for our buildings. After leveling the ground the wood shuttering for the concrete was put up(pic.2). Concrete was poured in September and the Greek magicians managed to make floor and walling in one run(pic.3-4). Iron reinforcement was put in place for the roof that also is making up the veranda of the one house(pic.4-6). Cleaning out all the mud, irons and water in the dark was a hell of a job. Finalizing the veranda (roof) surface with the power trowel and color worked out fine(pic.7-9). Finalizing the inner part of the cistern took us quite some time because all loose parts like wood, mud and nails had to be removed before the water impregnation could start. We used a cement based sealing slurry for drinking water quality, in 3 passes(pic.10-11).    
At the moment water level is continuously raising with 50cm in 22.Feb.2015

     

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Slow down with the weather


The weather finally permitted us to finish the roof and the terrace of the small house and the last wall of the big house. Now its time to construct the mold for the roof of the big house. We also started the drainage canal around the small house and we are preparing the molds for two more terraces. This winter is raining a lot which is good for the island but hard for the construction site....and we are left with only 3 workers, so things are going pretty slowly...the race for finishing in June for the ESPA funding will be hard, but we are still optimistic!!