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NEW - We just added the Adobe Repair Workshop !

Adobe Repair Workshop at the 1873 Fort Lowell Officers’ Quarters February 16 – 20, 2009. Fort Lowell Park, Tucson.

A five-day Adobe Repair workshop was held February 16 – 20 at the Fort Lowell Officers Quarters. The workshop was open to City and County staff as an introduction to the maintenance and repair of historic adobe buildings. The three Officers’ Quarters at Fort Lowell became the hands-on classroom for approximately 20 men and women.

The workshop was offered by Mr. David Yubeta, internationally recognized expert in earthen architecture, and a Restoration Specialist with the National Park Service (NPS) at Tumacacori National Historical Park. Workshop staff included participants with the Vanishing Treasures Program which exists within the NPS to train craftsmen in traditional building practices.

The workshop was able to accomplish a number of important repair and maintenance tasks, including:
Protective re-capping of exposed adobe walls with a sacrificial coating of adobe mud,
Removal of cast-in place concrete walls (“contra-pared”) that were damaging the adobe walls
Install missing adobes
Repair of a deteriorated upper corner of a parapet wall
Repair of a deteriorated window opening
Apply an experimental coating of adobe plaster and lime plaster on the east-facing wall of the kitchen ruin.

Special thanks go to David Yubeta and his staff, and to the City of Tucson who helped organize and support this event.

For still photos of some of these projects, visit the Photos page.