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Adobe construction has been used in New Mexico and in surrounding areas since the eleventh century. As one of the world’s oldest forms of building, it produces solid, long lasting structures. The great mass of adobe walls absorbs heat and releases it when the temperatures drop. Creating a passive solar structure with this much mass available to store heat is a very straightforward process - even for the owner/builder.

NNMC’s Adobe Construction Program is unique - the nation’s only full-fledged certification program in building with adobe. It generally takes two semesters of classroom and field work to earn a Certificate in Adobe Construction. While focusing primarily on a hands-on, apprenticeship-type experience, the program includes sufficient classroom instruction to ensure complete, critical coverage of all aspects of building adobe structures. Students receive hands-on experience through working at ongoing home-construction sites, renovating houses and buildings and working on individual projects in the department’s adobe laboratory.

In addition to the “live” classes offered in El Rito, New Mexico, we are now also offering some adobe classes via the internet. This is a great way to get started with adobe construction regardless of your location.

Curriculum for this course of instruction is based on both lecture sections as well as extensive hands-on laboratory sections. Some of the classes offered are:

* Traditional Building Design
* Interior Finishes
* Adobe (mud brick) Wall Construction
* Exterior Finishes
* Foundation and Floor Construction
* Heating (Including Passive Solar)
* Remodel Theory and Practice
* Roof/Ceiling Design and Construction
* Carpentry Math and Blueprint Reading