Open Architecture Network

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today over 185 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms. This project will be a straw bale addition to an existing structure - approximately doubling the size of the house. The first floor of the addition will allow for an expanded kitchen, large community room, handicap bathroom and central masonry fireplace. The second floor will be a three-bedroom apartment for the second family in the home, while the basement will provide guest rooms, another bathroom, and a workshop.