Although I have only been working in Institute mOBILNO to go for three weeks David (the probably coolest boss in the world) allowed me to make a trip for a full week. Of course it was not only for holidays but rather for educational purposes because I attended a Summer School of Riga’s Technical University(RTU)! During this amazing week I have not only seen the capital and various smaller places, also have I experienced the real Latvia. The Summer School – A Journey Beyond The Traditional Wooden Craft and Art – consisted of lectures and workshops. First every participant built their own wooden bench (featuring traditional wooden joints), to learn about the material properties and the woodworking machines. This was happening in RTU’s workshop, during this time we also visited the city of Riga and even had a boat tour on the Daugava one beautiful evening. On Wednesday we travelled to the small town of Ligatne where we should spent the second half of our Latvia-Trip. There we visited a traditional wood craft museum, an incredible place where we worked under the open sky. On the first day there only few hours passed until everyone could feel the hard work […]

Hello! I am studying architecture at the University of Granada. This is my last year and I wanted to get experience before finalizing my final project, and I have found an excellent opportunity at Institute mOBILNO to go because I am very interested in sustainable constructions. I think it´s essential to understand the importance of building with the premises that take us to a healthier future, so here I expect to increase my knowledge about healthy materials, renewable energies, self-sufficient constructions… while I collaborate with the institute. In my future, this is one of the paths that I would like to follow. I really like nature, so here in Slovenia I would like to know the environment and travelling around the country for knowing the culture. Elena David KodarinGeneral director of the KAKIS ltd and the development manager of the Institute mOBILNO to go. By profession, he is a university graduated civil engineer but soon he realized that he wants to not just to build houses but also a more sustainable future. He is passionate about sustainability, ecological products, zero waste principles and much more. He likes to do sports, uses opensource software, he is vegetarian, uses his bike as […]