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Welcome to the 8th Wednesday #Shelter Update! About building an experimental shed and getting answers... In the last few days I built an experimental minimal shed with found materials: Old stones, oneway pallets, old- and natural wood. It's just for personal use. I like it, and compared to "visible mending" it may be an art statement, to build with visible old materials. I also did first real work with an electric mobile chainsaw. At march 24th my 4 month long master project phase starts officially. In the last 2 master months the "Common Shelter" art construction site should happen. After building the place should stay a free trekking place, where people traveling by bike or by foot may stay for 1-2 nights in the shelter, or in a tent beside it. "trekking place" may be just a meadow with an information sign. Every additional infrastructure like trash bins, drinking water, toilet, shower... are optional. Every official public trekking place is a win in germany, because we have such a low number of free public places for sustainable, fresh air tourism. In the last mailings i send to institutions, asking for a place for "Common Shelter", I included the idea of building at one place and transport it to another. My shelter plan result easily fits on a car trailer and it is also an adventure to load it on it, with many people and just our hands. Statistics about my quest for a place: In 50% I still wait for a first answer. 25% are negative answers: I analyse it this week to work around the given reasons. I also think about doing personal visits to communal tourism offices, talking with real people. 25% are not decided until now, but it is still possible to reach a positive agreement. In the nearby region between Bielefeld and Osnabrück people may apply for money from the GT8 LEADER program until april 17th. It gives up to 80% for little projects up to 20.000€: "Little project may get funded, if they save and innovate the rural area as a place for living, work, vacation or nature." -> https://leader-gt8.de/kleinprojekte-2026 #VisibleMending #Master #HSBI #CommonShelter #Trekking #Trekkingplace #Bielefeld #Osnabrück #art #LEADER #GT8 #Gütersloh #funding