Natural House Project

The Natural House Project is a collaboration between local people and design professionals. The project uses workshops to teach people how to build houses and other objects using natural or recycled materials such as earth, branches, wood and flowers. The project involves a collaboration between a gardener, David Pollard from England, and architectural firm WAKUWORKS (Tomonari Waku and Sae Waku). Started in 2008 it tries to create communication and interaction with people beyond their nationalities and ages, making the most of the differences between each other’s backgrounds, cultures, languages and skills. They have been actively conducting workshops with people around the country using local materials and get inspiration from the uniqueness of each area.