Officina Lieve è un progetto di coworking nel Mugello. Stiamo ristrutturando in autocostruzione un capannoncino industriale in centro a Borgo San Lorenzo (FI) con materiali naturali e tecniche a portata di gruppo. Grazie ai volontari e ai corsi tenuti da artigiani appassionati. Siamo su FB... Officina Lieve is a coworking project in Borgo San Lorenzo, a small city located 35 km north of Florence. We aimed at going to work out from home and in a comfortable and stimulating place. We ended up renting a 220sq m, barrel-vaulted industrial building (with a manually-operated bridge crane and three bright skylights). We didn't have much money (and we don't), so we were forced to choose to do as much as we could on our own. We have organized courses to learn how to build walls, ceilings, and (internal) thermal coating with wood structures and bales of straw as fillings, using clay as the base for plaster. Then, we paved a floor manually using cocciopesto, sands, and lime of different kinds. Of course we made a course on that in our place... We also made a number of mistakes in our works, and we want to keep them well documented so that our experience is useful also to others who want to try self-construction. We currently organize courses on self-construction techniques (plasters, wall painting, stoves, tadelakt...). Although we are already a coworking de facto, we will at some point establish our coworking space as a place to work for both those who use computers and those who start from raw materials (there is a separate wing of the building that will host artisans). And then, in between, relax and beauty... http://www.facebook.com/officinalieve