We are building a Fab Lab inside a farm, check Algarve Fab Farm on Facebook or fab lab network. At the moment we are renovating a ruin and building a treehouse and everything that comes with it. Such as compost toilet, shower, kitchen but also the treehouse itself.
The farm (22 hectares) is located in the western Algarve, south of Portugal, with beautiful beaches and small villages. Secluded but only a few minutes by car from the nearest village. (Barão de São João)
The project is a mix of low and high tech. We started it on an old long forgotten farm and we are really building everything from scratch. I started building the infrastructure of the farm in the late 2016, from roads, lake (rainwater collection), renovating a ruin, build the lab machines to setting up a solar grid. We are mostly off the grid but we still buy gas for cooking and heating, even that I want to eliminate as well with a sewer biodigestor gas collector.
The idea is to farm with help of tech, or to tech with help of the farm :-). I want to create a space were thinkers, makers & farmers can learn, create and share technology to improve everyone's lives. The lab will serve farmers or just anybody; artists, inventors, surfers, hackers...
We are a family of 5 with two girls (15 and 13 years old) and a boy of 10 years old. We have 4 very friendly dogs, 3 cats, 1 pig , 23 happy chickens, all living in harmony!
So we need help in so many areas right now that you would surely fit in in what you already like to do. And if you want to explore new areas you will be welcome.
Attention: Winter in the Algarve is mostly warm during the day but it can be cold and rainy and then you can have a sunny afternoon and rain again at night. The weather is a bit unpredictable but temperatures are never below 8 degrees
Celsius. So bring boots and a rain coat.
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We are building a Fab Lab inside a farm, check Algarve Fab Farm on Facebook or fab lab network. At the moment we are renovating a ruin and building a treehouse and everything that comes with it. Such as compost toilet, shower, kitchen but also the treehouse itself.
The farm (22 hectares) is located in the western Algarve, south of Portugal, with beautiful beaches and small villages. Secluded but only a few minutes by car from the nearest village. (Barão de São João)
The project is a mix of low and high tech. We started it on an old long forgotten farm and we are really building everything from scratch. I started building the infrastructure of the farm in the late 2016, from roads, lake (rainwater collection), renovating a ruin, build the lab machines to setting up a solar grid. We are mostly off the grid but we still buy gas for cooking and heating, even that I want to eliminate as well with a sewer biodigestor gas collector.
The idea is to farm with help of tech, or to tech with help of the farm :-). I want to create a space were thinkers, makers & farmers can learn, create and share technology to improve everyone's lives. The lab will serve farmers or just anybody; artists, inventors, surfers, hackers...
We are a family of 5 with two girls (15 and 13 years old) and a boy of 10 years old. We have 4 very friendly dogs, 3 cats, 1 pig , 23 happy chickens, all living in harmony!
So we need help in so many areas right now that you would surely fit in in what you already like to do. And if you want to explore new areas you will be welcome.
Attention: Winter in the Algarve is mostly warm during the day but it can be cold and rainy and then you can have a sunny afternoon and rain again at night. The weather is a bit unpredictable but temperatures are never below 8 degrees Celsius. So bring boots and a rain coat.
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