Tres Hornos: engineering, art, and archaeology of earthen ovens

Partnered with Ron Rael (architecture), Stephanie Syjuco (art practice) , Albert Gonazlez (CSUEB), community partners, and students from across disciplines on campus, we continue to innovate new modes and forms of construction of this simple but effective culinary technology. Multiple iterations of the humble horno have been built, tested, and destroyed to accomplish a myriad of research, teaching, and service goals. New communities have been built around the hands-on approach we take to working together with mud and straw in our popular freshman and sophmore seminars.