In true Arkitrekking fashion, Arkitrek trekked into the forest around Lupa Masa last week to “Forget Time, Think Arkitrek.” Everyone had thought of something they wanted to impart to their colleagues and had designed a task around this. Nick was first to kick things off with his programme: 'Building Engineering Basics for Architects - Buildings need to stand up and look pretty' Our task: to build the highest tower possible, capable of holding an egg with just 9 sheets of A4 paper. We were all put to shame by Charlie,...

“We believe the accepted model of capitalism that necessitates endless growth and deserves the blame for the destruction of nature must be displaced”Yvon Chouinard, from his book ‘Let My People Go Surfing’ Arkitrek wants to operate as a successful business and generate profit, but how that profit is used, and the motivation for making that profit is driven by social, rather than capitalist objectives. How we define our social objectives and how we measure the success of these though, has been the subject of much research...

The next Arkitrek Camp is Camp2 from 19th March to 20th April 2012, also on Mantanani Island in Sabah. Contact us for a detailed project brief and itinerary. Related posts %RELATEDPOSTS%

Text and Photos by Jamie Ross Two months after applying for an Arkitrek internship I found myself on a plane to Borneo. Having little idea of what was in store other than words of warning about the dangers of rice wine I couldn’t help but feel a little apprehensive about the next 3 months. Fortunately these initial fears soonpassed as I was welcomed into the folds of the Arkitrek and Camps International family. As with Eoghan and Olly before me, my home for the duration was to be Tinangol village and my objective to push...

Text and photos by Ian Hall Our Kindergarten on Mantanani Island has come on a treat these last 4 months thanks to the dedication of our Volunteer Michelle Martin and her team from Camp Borneo and the Mantanani community. We're just about to get the roof superstructure up and here is Michelle posing with a fine set of dwangs on her last day on the island. The next stage is to put the roof on and for this Michelle has risen to the challenge of communicating structural principles of a 'collar rafter' and the relative merits...