Eco||Sistema – Construções em Madeira
Eco||Sistema is a wood-frame construction company in Valença, Portugal, working with FSC-certified timber and natural materials since 2005. …
Eco-building Techniques
Builders and teachers working with earth, straw, lime and timber across Portugal. Learn the techniques at a workshop or hire the people who master them.
Projects in this focus
BUILT CoLAB
BUILT CoLAB is a collaborative research laboratory in Porto focused on the digital and ecological transition of the construction sector. It …
Eco Construções Portugal
Eco Construções Portugal is a bio-construction company based in the North of Portugal, specializing in natural, sustainable building techniq…
Crivo Eco-Construção
Crivo Eco-Construção is a construction company in Trás-os-Montes, northeast Portugal, specialising in eco-building techniques and natural ma…
Natura Matéria
A University of Minho spin-off that supplies sustainable construction materials and consultancy, focusing on natural products such as hempcr…
Aresta Engenharia
Aresta Engenharia is a Portuguese engineering and construction company specialising in bio-construction, urban rehabilitation and sustainabl…
Amorim Cork Insulation
Amorim Cork Insulation, part of the Corticeira Amorim group, makes natural cork-based insulation products for sustainable construction. Its …
Eco-building techniques in Portugal
Earth, straw, lime and timber are not new here, most old Portuguese village houses are some combination of stone, earth mortar and lime render. What is new is doing it deliberately, to modern standards, and getting it signed off.
The builders and teachers listed under this focus work in those materials across the country, and some teach as well as build. That matters, because the constraint on natural building in Portugal is rarely the material and usually the availability of someone who knows how to use it.
Workshops are the normal entry point, and several run over a weekend. The natural materials, superadobe and cob, and renovation and retrofitting focuses cover the specific methods. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.