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Dear volunteer
As our interest grew for architecture, building and crafting with our own hands, in 2019 we embarked for our own workaway journey, hoping to learn about traditional building techniques. The trip led us to this unique mountain village in Calabria, where we were welcomed to a young communities’ life, it’s members soon became friend almost family. It is a village which’s natural slow pace allows new ways of connecting to nature, to fellow humans and mostly to yourself. As a beautiful coincidence, we found a magnificent ruin, which gave home to one of the largest fig tree of the village at that time. The surreal dream to work on such a building soon became our reality. And slowly evolved into the vision to create a cultural hot-spot for the village, which allows us to share our love for art and culture and bring back local craftsmanship into the town, creating our own workshop, and gathering space in form of an inner garden patio.
note : we will take priority for those who are related or/and experienced in the field
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
DIY and building projects
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
This cultural exchange gives you the benefit to get an insight into a restoration, renovation of a traditional mediterranean palazzo, which offers you the possibility to learn and contribute.
- woodworking (recycling, upcycling the original wood found)
- masonry (with natural shaped granite and antique bricks)
-plastering (mainly with lime based mix)
-metalwork. (welding)
-floor laying/pouring
and more
In our free time, we like to create art. Currently we mainly do pottery with clay from a nearby beach, and sometimes mosaic with natural stone, starting with breaking it up to its pieces. Joel is a musician enjoying have jam sessions.
We usually keep a rotation with cooking, which we find a fun and delicious way to get to know each other. For shorter periods, we had group lunch with other members of the community, which may also be the case during your visit.
Help
We currently focus on bringing a section of the building into a habitable state, it involves window lintel exchange, plastering, electrical installation, plumbing, the construction of a bathroom and kitchen.
We look for someone with experience in building, with a good sense for practical work. Based on your skill, more elaborate work can be done.
In the first two years by the collaboration with workaway the devoted help of volunteers, we have achieved: restoring damaged wall sections, the reconstruction of a complete floor, the base layer of our patio and workshop floor, an entire roof with a raised stone wall. Amongst practical support we also received guidance in structural engineering from volunteers.
It is preferred if you are able to stay from a month.
There is opportunity for long term stay in case of mutual interest for collaboration.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
For those of you interested in learning Italian, there is opportunity for interaction with the locals, whose are really the characters making this village. And in case you are already an Italian speaker, we would look forward to improve with your help. (There are german families living in the village whom we are in daily contact with)
Accommodation
The team connected to the project shares a House. There is a separate room for volunteers, in case of more than one volunteer the room must be shared (max 2 p)
The house has a common shared living room and kitchen where we mostly hang out/eat together/share ideas regarding project.
What else ...
Picking you up from the nearby airport or bus/train station, we obviously happy to do.
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Certainly our day to day routine is not only working, we enjoy weekends and discovering the area around us, unknown beaches, hiking in the forest or just a lazy day with delicious gelato.
(We would like to have a phone call before accepting volunteers to receive a better understanding of each)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Emma is a very curious individual, she likes to ask a lot of interesting question, diving into more profound conversation was something I enjoyed with her. She is a tough woman, you will not see her complaining easily in labor intensive and challenging… read more
From the beginning on he was eager to learn, patient, open for critics.
Spreading good vibes around the building site with his dad jokes. One of his great virtue, we all got contagious by his humor.
Flo is also very attentive and respectful understands somebodys limits and shows great… read more
In the middle of this place stands the Palazzo, which is being restored and will soon be a place of cultural exchange and at the same… read more
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Emma is a very curious individual, she likes to ask a lot of interesting question, diving into more profound conversation was something I enjoyed with her. She is a tough woman, you will not see her complaining easily in labor intensive and challenging… read more
From the beginning on he was eager to learn, patient, open for critics.
Spreading good vibes around the building site with his dad jokes. One of his great virtue, we all got contagious by his humor.
Flo is also very attentive and respectful understands somebodys limits and shows great… read more
In the middle of this place stands the Palazzo, which is being restored and will soon be a place of cultural exchange and at the same… read more
