[GSBN] new nomination

[martin hammer]

I will add a second, based on my recent communications with Alfred, and my
knowledge of his exceptional work and experience as Catherine outlined.

Martin Hammer


On 9/8/11 12:56 PM, "David Eisenberg" <strawnet at aol.com> wrote:

>  I second Catherine's nomination. I've known Alfred for years - he has a lot
> of design, building and teaching experience in many places and circumstances
> and will, no doubt, have much to contribute here.
> 
> David Eisenberg
> www.dcat.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Builders Without Borders <mail at builderswithoutborders.org>
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> Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 12:18 pm
> Subject: [GSBN] new nomination
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> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I'd like to nominate Santa Fe, NM, architect Alfred von Bachmayr for
> membership.  
> 
> Alfred is a founding member of the Strawbale Construction Association (of NM)
> and Builders Without Borders (in 1999), and founder of World Hands Project.
> Also, he has done strawbale and natural building development work with native
> American tribes, in Mexico, Central America and Fiji.  Alfred is a very
> hands-on architect, and among many innovations, he invented  a low-tech
> approach to mixing straw-clay, and developed a process to cut up shipping
> pallets and reassemble them into roof trusses.  And much more....
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> Catherine Wanek
> Co-director
> Builders Without Borders
> www.builderswithoutborders.org <http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/>
> 
> Ecological builders working together for a sustainable future.
> 
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