As
a child Paulina spent time in Afghanistan and India
where she saw for the first time earth architecture.
Paulina studied earth building in CAL-Earth Californian
institute of earth art and architecture in the Mohave
Desert, where she built an earth dwelling out of Earthbags.
She later studied with the Canelo Project. Amongst
other projects she worked with the Yaqui Indians close
to Hermosillo in Northern Mexico, building a community
house out of Earthbags, then worked on ‘Casas
de Cantan’ project, building houses for poor
women living in the slums of Cuidad Obregon in Mexico.
Later worked with Sioux Indians (Oglala) at Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota, and teaching Earthbag construction
to construct an Earth House. Paulina has recently
taught the Technology and Development module on the
MSc. Programme in CENDEP (Centre for Development and
Emergency Practice) at Oxford Brookes University in
Oxford.
From
the year 2000 she has focused her work mainly in Poland,
although there has been some international activity
in the UK, Hungary and Sierra Leone. Her design of
the small house in northeasterly Poland was mentioned
in the main newspaper ‘Polityka’ as one
of the most interesting ecological buildings in Poland.
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Paulina Wojciechowska
