Annuaire Collectif et Autoconstruit du Bitcherland

A workshop and construction project in the Pays de Bitche with Collectif Broussailles and Design des Mondes Forestiers.

A hand-drawn weekly schedule for the workshop, held up in a garden

A blue cart carrying a wooden crate, a green watering can and a plastic crate raised on a pole

Two people building a tall timber cabinet with charred-wood panels in front of the “Atelier bois communal” workshop

A participant holding up the “Atelier bois communal” sign while others saw timber outside the wooden workshop

Fixing charred-wood panels to the timber tower frame on its base

The finished timber tower with a fold-down shelf, red cords, a red crate and a red cloth roof

Three participants laying out wooden slats on the gravel in front of a new timber building

Close-up of charred-wood panels on the cabinet and its OSB base, more boards leaning beside it

Design sketches on pale green and yellow paper spread over a wooden table

Photos by Hadrien Cassan unless otherwise credited