Ianto Evans is a Welsh-American applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher.[1] He is known for his work building, writing and teaching about natural building, cob and high-efficiency solid-fuel stoves, ovens and heaters.
Career
editOriginally from Wales, Evans attended architecture school in the 1960s.[2] With Linda Smiley, Evans built what may have been the first cob house in North America after researching cob structures in the British Isles.[3] They moved into the cottage in 1989. They joined with Michael Smith to establish the Cob Cottage Company in 1993.[4] They also founded the North American School of Natural Building and innovated a distinctive "Oregon Cob" method, hosting numerous workshops on the technique.[3][5][6]
Evans was director of Aprovecho's Fava Bean Project, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he worked to adapt fava beans to American climates.[7] As a permaculturalist, he developed a polyculture planting technique.[8] In the late 1970s, he invented the rocket mass heater.
In the 1970s, Evans worked in Guatemala and Costa Rica, developing the Lorena cook stove, an efficient contra-flow cooking stove made from the same materials as unfired brick (sand bound together by clay subsoil).
As a back-to-the-lander and natural builder, Evans is critical of industrial civilization, corporate media, technology, and modern construction methods.
Evans lives in the United States, near Coquille, Oregon.
Works
edit- Evans, Ianto; Smiley, Linda; Smith, Michael (2002). The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub. Co. ISBN 978-1-890132-34-7.
- Evans, Ianto; Jackson, Leslie (2006). Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build. Coquille, OR: Cob Cottage Co. ISBN 978-0-9663738-3-7.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ianto Evans; Linda Smiley; Michael G. Smith; Michael Smith (1 June 2002). The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. xvii–. ISBN 978-1-890132-34-7. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Made in Mud." Resurgence 182, 1997: 46–47
- ^ a b Lapriore, Elaine Beebe (22 October 2000). "Oregon Couple Rediscover Ancient Building Method". Yakima Herald - Republic.
- ^ Salomon, Shay (1 May 2007). "How Large Is This House?!". Natural Life: 22–23.
- ^ Roy, Rob (2003). Cordwood Building: The State of the Art. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55092-467-1.
- ^ Baker-Laporte, Paula; Elliott, Erica; Banta, John (2008). Prescriptions for a Healthy House a Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners (3rd ed.). New York: New Society Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55092-410-7.
- ^ Huyser-Honig, Joan (February 1992). "The Fava Bean Project". Horticulture. 70 (2).
- ^ Kaplan, Rachel; Blume, K. Ruby (27 April 2011). Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. New York: Skyhorse Pub. ISBN 978-1-61608-054-9.
External links
edit- Cob Cottage Company
- "Off the Treadmill", interview with Evans
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