BY SHANE DESIATNIK of the BLUE MOUNTAINS GAZETTE 22 Feb, 2011 11:34 AM What’s made of mud bricks, straw and recycled materials, is decorated by sculptures on the walls, features a moat that crosses a tiny stream and has a roof shaped into a playful spiral shape to inspire children’s imaginations? It’s the completed […]
Kindlehill’s building project, courtesy of the government stimulus building project, is possibly the most unique in the country. Tucked away in Lake Street, Wentworth Falls, the small independent primary school is constructing a spiral shaped performance space and kindy from cob, straw bale, recycled material. A woodworker skilled in 16th century carpentry techniques built the […]
As a writer, I have a professional sympathy with architects. At the outset of a project, we both face a blank page. Sure the clients and builders have ideas, but it is the architect’s task to reconcile these ideas with the financial, bureaucratic and physical constraints of the site and transform it into a coherent […]
For the 10th Anniversary of Kindlehill, a group photo was taken of the entire school. This proved more difficult than anticipated, because not only was it tricky to capture every smile and twinkling eye when the shutter opened, but John and Duncan were missing in action until the last few photos! Here is an image […]
Recently, a major phase of the New Kindy building was completed. The timbers that Matt Fenn & his crew of carpenters had been shaping for months were brought up the hill and assembled into a wonderful structure in a two whirlwind days.
Feature Image: The first Kindlehillians on August 3rd, 2000 Ten years ago today – on August 3rd, 2000 – seventeen children, their parents and three teachers from the Rudolf Steiner tradition put down roots at 8 Lake Street, Wentworth Falls. Originally built in the 1950s as a schoolhouse for Blue Mountains Grammar, the site had […]
The new workshop, at the bottom of the driveway, has taken shape and is nearing completion. On it’s roof a garden is growing, and below, there is accommodation for the workers. Watch its evolution!
At any one time, six to seven wwoofers work and live amongst the Kindlehill community. Most stay for one or two weeks, although some remain for a month or more. Others leave and return. Amongst them, friendships are formed, love has blossomed and hearts have been broken. John reckons they bring a good energy to […]
Toby has been part of the building project since its inception. Lately, he had devoted most of his energy to the roof garden: laying the gravel, constructing the garden beds around the rim and erecting the paling fence. Pippita’s class have helped out too, filling the beds with soil. As spring draws closer, vege seedlings […]
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