28th May 2023 – Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Book your spot:
Workshops fill up quickly. Take advantage of the ‘early bird discount’ and book a deposit to secure your spot.
If you have any questions please email: info@mangrovesociety.org
Secure your spot with a $400 deposit and pay the balance later or pay the full tuition now.
Tuition Fee: $890
%15 discount for a couple or a group
SAVE NOW:
Save $100 with early registration. Early registration ends 30 days before the workshop starts
Learn hands-on skills to build on your terms.
All our courses come with a community of support to develop your own ‘inner-builder’ intuition and skill set.
The most common thing we hear from our ‘Domie’ graduates is: “I now feel confident to build”.
Everyone can attend our workshops. no building knowledge is necessary, and no experience with electric or hand tools.
The Location Around
Workshops will bring you to a beautiful location, surround you with incredible people and help you on your way to building your own dome. Not to mention, that you will come away with a network of people who will support your project.
Workshop Learning Objectives
- Learn our methods for building a geodesic dome, strong and durable against the forces of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.
- Work in a friendly and respectful team setting to co-create under the guidance of our instructors
- Build extensions like doors and windows, connections for several domes
- No unique tools – Math is an amazing tool that you can use yourself at home – almost all the rest is a hammer and a drill.
- Understand the amazing idea behind triangles and unleash your imagination, a sphere is just the beginning
- Cover and airflow design for warm and cold weather
- Build a chimney for airflow and natural exhaust
- “Classroom” exercises and discussions
- Topics: Foundation pouring, assembly, skylight ideas, window installation, door and door jam construction & installation
- Apply reinforcement
*Please Note: During this 10-day (hands-on) workshop, we will build a basic dome structure. Instruction includes the fundamentals of cutting, colour-coding, hammering, drilling and structural assembling of the dome but does not include plumbing, electrical or finishing installations. We will do our best as a team to complete the geodesic dome during the workshop; however, we do not guarantee completion. Unexpected obstacles such as adverse weather conditions, for example, may affect our progress and prevent the dome’s full completion.
Workshop Schedule
May 28th – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Check-in (for those staying on-site)
May 29th – June 6th *(with one full or half day off)
9am: Opening Circle
9am – 12:30pm: Workshop
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch break
1:30pm – 5pm*: Workshop
June 7th – Departure by 11:00 am
*Some days may run later than 5pm depending on workflow
*We will plan one afternoon off or a full day off (depending on our rate of progress) for students to rest and enjoy local attractions!
Lodging and Meal Plan Options
Accommodations:
on-site accommodations including a soccer field, natural swimming pool, yoga and event platform, basketball court, shared bathrooms and a very relaxed atmosphere (you might choose not to go anywhere else….)
- Onion dome glamping with private kitchen and shared bathroom – $18/night for one person – accommodating 3 people
1 queen bed and 1 twin - shared mushroom cottage- $25/night for one person – accommodating 5 people – private kitchen, private bathrooms, 2 queen beds and a sofa twin bed
- Tent/car camping- Bring your own gear – $11/night for one person
***If you decide to stay off-site, it is important to take into consideration the daily transportation costs from your lodging to our site.
Meal Plan:
If you are staying on-site, you have your own kitchen. we can provide a local farmer’s fruits and veggies box that includes whole grain rice, lentils, flour and eggs which will last you the whole week – $76
also includes spinach, pineapple, plantains, bananas, garlic, yuca, sweet potatoes, carrots and green onions. plus herbs from our food forest garden.
less than a 10-minute drive with an optional delivery you can find several restaurants that can provide lunch and dinner. Plus Santa Teresa’s variety of mid to high-end restaurants.
Please contact our host to express your interest in participating in the local farmer’s fruits and veggies box and to communicate any dietary restrictions. You do not have to stay on-site to take advantage of this meal plan, any and all are welcome!
Transportation Options
- Rental cars (parking will be available on the property)
- Shuttle service from and to the San Jose International Airport (~5-hour drive with a ferry trip)*
- Shuttle service from and to Liberia International Airport (~4 hours drive)*
- A national flight from the International Airport to Tambor or Santa Teresa local Airport (~25 minutes flight) followed by a taxi to our location
- please check out the guidebook on how to get here: guidebook transportation
*The price will vary depending on how many people are on your shuttle
Cancellation Policy
- Those cancelling more than 4 weeks prior to the first day of the workshop will receive a full tuition refund, minus an 11% processing and administration fee.
- Those cancelling 2 – 4 weeks prior to the first day of the workshop will receive a half tuition refund, minus an 11% processing and administration fee.
- No refunds for cancellation requests made less than 2 weeks prior to the first day of the workshop
- If the workshop has to be cancelled for any reason, you will receive an immediate full refund.
Contact Us
If you have questions about the workshop, please contact us!
info@mangrovesociety.org
We look forward to building with you!