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Join our sustainable farmhouse project and learn about natural building techniques in Mugla, Akyaka, Turkey

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello everybody,

    My name is Asli TEKIN , i am a bioarchitectural designer & natural builder from Turkey , Istanbul...
    Almost every year i have a sustainable farm house project in specially west or south coast of Turkey in a different locations .....
    I have a prof. team to build naturally but we also re welcoming to have some volunteers in every project to spread our knowledge about building naturally , using mud ,straw , hemp , wood etc. materials and building techniques ...
    Please come and join our family ...
    we love sharing , teaching, collecting beautiful memories and learning from all of you ...
    we generally need help for carpentery ( wood structure) , earthen plaster, lime plaster, cob , rammedearth ( heavy job :))) , adobe bricks.... such help for building
    or
    we need a photographer to take photos or videos for the project ,
    social media or websites ,
    or
    cooking for the community ( min.4-5 max10 people )

    please communicate with me about more details ...

    And you can also check my instagram page for my work ,
    ask me for the links

    cheers ,
    peace and love

    thank you very much

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    well i guess building your own house is priceless ,
    if you stay long enough in my projects you will learn how to live sustainable , learn how to build a farm , learn about compost and solar panels systems
    how to build your own house with natural sources around ,
    have an international team and colloborate with people ,
    live in a commune in the nature and share experiences and make some art together ...
    With the international group of people you can improve your foreign language skills , culture exchange makes u grow colorfully and taste different food and cultures ...

  • Help

    Help

    we generally need help for carpentery ( wood structure) , earthen plaster, lime plaster, cob , rammedearth ( heavy task :))) , adobe bricks.... such help for building
    or
    we need a photographer to take photos or videos for the project ,
    social media or websites ,
    or
    cooking for the community ( min.4-5 max10 people )

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Turkish: Fluent
    Spanish: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    mostly we stay in the tents , we love camping but also cause we re the ones who ll build a living area in the woods :)
    but we also generally rent a container for storage or for someone who came and do not have a tent
    or use that as a kitchen.
    U can bring ur own camping equipments to stay here and yes we have some extra tent to give it to ones who does not have one...

    some new projects we started def. need camping eqipment for volunteers at least tent ,matt and sleeping bag ...

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    we re generally in the best locations in Turkey , west and south coast , always near to the sea , always somewhere historical or touristic , we have 1 or 2 days off in the weeks and we generally go to swim or some social events near by like concerts or bars to have fun
    also we make fires at night , if anybody can make music we can make music all together , dance and have fun at the land that we re building ....
    we provide food ,2 times a day for the building team ...

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    digital nomads are welcome

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    we have a lot of space at the land so you are welcome with you moveable house :)

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    pets are always welcome just please let us know the current situation of animals we have already a cat for sure and probably a puppy dog as well

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 342157944779

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