The Clayground
As a co-creation project with the Happy Pigeons co-living community, we are refurbishing the basement of the Happy Pigeons co-working with clay as the main material. The clay was sourced locally from another construction project and is now reused in our basement to redo the floor and walls. This circular approach benefitted both parties because all costs for disposal and purchasing were avoided.
Current status: in construction
It all began with…
…organizing our coworking basement at the beginning of this year. Before it was only used as a storage unit for a long time and we only became aware of its potential after cleaning it up. It turned out to be a great space with great potential: around 30 sqm in size with direct access to the coworking space.
Although we were not exactly sure what the future usage could be - ideas ranging from a sauna room & fitness studio to a wood workshop - we knew that we had to refurbish it in any way. The walls had very old & humid plaster the old concrete floor was broken and uneven as hell - one side was 15 cm higher than the other.
The process.
We started by looking for local clay offers in Berlin and found one in the north of Berlin - a family was building a water fountain in the garden and therefore in surplus of a lot of earth.
We took a sample and tested the quality of the clay, which turned out to be very well.
Next thing, we found ourselves picking up the clay in a rental car and bringing it to the coworking basement. Luckily many happy pigeons community members were (and still are) very interested in that project and helped us with the transportation.
