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- STRAW HOUSES BUILT WITH JUMBO BALES-

-CONSTRUCTION 1: Straw House by Werner Schmidt, Switzerland-

Werner Schmidt is a Swiss architect who has already built several jumbo bale houses. To see his achievements go to his website: http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

I will speak here of a house he designed in the town of Disentis, Switzerland.

Here are some photos of the finished house:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 2: Cave and straw house in Australia-

This construction was carried out by the company huff'n'puff. It belongs to Mr. Ray and his wife Maree Nadeson Colliss who owns a vineyard in the region of Victoria in Australia. This construction consists of a set of 3 buildings (2 buildings for the cellar and house) and is currently the largest construction load bearing walls made of straw from Australia. Nadeson Ray needed a building to store wine in a healthy environment. There is in the cellar at a constant temperature of 17-18 degrees whatever the outside temperature.

http://www.glassford.com.au/ (the manufacturer huff'n'puff)

http://www.technosteelaustralia.com/ (metal structures)

http://www.lethbridgewines.com/ (owner's website)

Here are some photos of the cave and the straw house:

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 3: Straw cave in Australia-

This construction as the previous been performed by the company huff'n'puff. Valhalla Wines is a cellar recent Rutherglen wine region in north-eastern Victoria and the owners are Antoinette Del Popolo and Anton Therkildsen.Cette cellar area is 288 m2, is a rectangular 12m x 24m. The height of the internal walls is 3.8 m with 6 large bales of straw stacked on each other.

http://www.glassford.com.au/ (the manufacturer huff'n'puff)

http://www.technosteelaustralia.com/ (metal structures)

http://www.valhallawines.com.au/ (owner's website)

Here are some photos of the cave:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-More informations:

-CONSTRUCTION 4: Straw house in Germany-

This dwelling was conducted by Peter Weber. It is located next to Korlingen Germany. It is a single storey dwelling with supporting wall in large bales of straw he n 'there so no wood frame. The big straw bales are : size 90 cm, 125 cm wide and 2.4 m in length, which gives a very large wall thickness. I suggest you go see the personal website of Peter Weber and you will find an instructional video and photos on the construction of the home (against the site is in German only). The dwelling is 105 m2. .

http://www.strohhaus.com/

Here are some photos of the straw house:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-More informations (in german) :

-CONSTRUCTION 5: "S-HOUSE" in Austria-

Under the program "Building for Tomorrow", the Technology Center (GRATIS / Gruppe Angepasste Technology) University of Vienna has developed the "S-HOUSE". This innovative building project meets the energy standards of buildings and passive use of renewable materials has been privileged to limit the impact of this building on the environment. The project was presented at EXPO 2005 in Japan where he received worldwide "reward overall Eco-Technology" as one of the best projects in the field of efficiency and resource conservation and climate. The insulation was made with large straw bales put (the field) at the periphery of the building. The building boasts an energy consumption of 6 kWh/m2a which is well below the standards of a passive house with 15 kWh/m2a. The S-HOUSE is an information office and exhibition on alternative construction methods, prefabricated wooden structure is placed on pylons and the south facade is entirely glazed.

http://www.s-house.at/presentations.htm

http://www.grat.at (site of the "Great - Gruppe Angepasste Technology")

Here are some photos of the S-house:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-More informations 1:

-More informations 2 :

-More informations 3:

-CONSTRUCTION 6: Straw building in the U.S.A (Minnesota) -

This building belongs to the organization HUG (Hunt Utilities Grup). This association aims to explore and develop ways to reduce our energy consumption and our impact on the environment. Many green buildings are located on this campus and I will speak here of the first building that has been achieved. This building was used as office, workshop and also as a laboratory test. The building is packed with sensors to measure temperature and thus the quality of the insulation. The earthworks have begun in August 2003 and the building began to be used as an office in August 2004. Walls North, East, West are carrying in large jumbo bales (Nebraska). The south wall is of the "post and beam". The north wall is 2.7 m high (stacked 3 bunches), the south wall 5.4 meters (6 boots stacked).

Take a ride on the HUG website where you can find the different stages of construction:

http://www.hugllc.com/

Here are some photos of the building:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 7: Straw house in the U.S.A (Minnesota) -

The dwelling house is located just a few hundred meters from the building of the organization HUG I just talked to them. This house belongs to the association "happy dancing turtle" that carries out training and internships in the field of ecology. This house has been inhabited since February 4, 2008 and will be submitted during the next 12 months to its current owner work as a "reporter inside" the performance of this house (it will take a detailed diary on his blog (see link below)). The house is 5 m wide by 12 m long (inside dimensions) with more Greenhouse bioclimatic 2.15 mx 13 m. The ceiling of the north wall is 3.65 m and the ceiling next to south wall is 5.48 m.

http://www.happydancingturtle.org/

http://minnesotaeconaut.blogspot.com/ (journal of the first occupant)

Here are some photos of the straw house:

-Click on the pdf below for a description and the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 8: Straw House by Werner Schmidt Italy-

Werner Schmidt is a Swiss architect I have already shown the work to build one. This' home is located in Italy near the border with Switzerland and Austria. The particular thing of this project? It's a house on three floors without framing wood!! You still afraid to make your house full foot frameless with jumbo bales? :-). Construction began in October 2007 and planned end in mid-July 2008.1er Floor: This is an apartment rental. The second floor is also an apartment available for rent while the third and final stage will be an artist's studio.

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

http://www.fliri.net/ (owner's website)

Here are some photos of the staw house:

-2 interesting videos about this project:

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 9: "FUSS community hall" in Australia-

This construction was carried out by the company huff'n'puff. It was done in collaboration with the Fairfield City Council and designer Tracy Graham. The project "Urban Sustainability Site Fairfield (FUSS) is an exemplary job of involving local communities in sustainable development. To meet the needs of the local community and the objectives of the council on the ecology building lobby, the bike shed and creche for children have been made. These buildings were built of straw hanging from various workshops and In particular with Aboriginal artists. Buildings are composed of a mixture of jumbo bales and small straw bales.

http://www.glassford.com.au/ (the manufacturer huff'n'puff)

http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/ (Town of Fairfield, Australia)

Here are some photos of the FUSS community hall:

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 10: Straw Apartments in Italy-

This set of three apartments left the imagination of the architect Werner Schmidt (again!) And Mr. Schwarz. Enjoy the work and originality! This building has three apartments of 50 square meters each and a common part of 30 square meters. It was made in 2006. The project phase lasted 10 months and 4 months implementation phase. The amount of work has risen to around 500,000 euros. Currently, these apartments are available for rental and located Lana in Northern Italy.

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

http://www.esserhof.com/ (owner's website)

Here are some photos of the 3 apartments:

-An interesting video about this project:

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-More informations:

-CONSTRUCTION 11: Auditorium in Netherlands-

At the Floriade 2002, International Horticultural Fair, held every 10 years the Netherlands has constructed this building. The work was done with bales of 2.5 m long in filling a post-structural wood beams. The building was basically designed to be disassembled at the end of games, but he stayed and became a convention center with an auditorium with 300 seats for the Rabobank (Holland agricultural bank).

I suggest you read the book by Tom Rijven "Between straw and earth" where he notte a description of this construction.

-CONSTRUCTION 12: Straw house in Australia-

The home of Naomi and Craig has been devised by them and the assistance of the entreprsie Huff'n'Puff. This contemporary home was built by Tim Williams and his team of Buninyong in Victoria. The company has achieved Huff'n'Puff walls in jumbo bales.

http://www.glassford.com.au/ (the manufacturer huff'n'puff)

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 13: Straw Bed & Breakfast Australia-

This Bed & Breakfast is still underway by the company Huff'b'Puff. I currently have some photos of the stages of construction . It is located in Ganmain in Australia.

http://www.glassford.com.au/ (the manufacturer huff'n'puff).

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 14: A Straw workshop in Germany-

A construction made in Germany by the architect Dirk Scharmer. Construction began in May 2000 until end 2000. The surface of this small workshop is about 40 sqm. Using big straw bales with dimensions (L between 1 and 2 mxl 0.85 x H 0.50).

http://www.wand4.de/ (In German only)

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-BUILDINGS 15, 16, 17 and 18: Straw houses by Werner Schmidt-

Other straw houses made with jumbo bales by the architect Werner Schmidt. For more informations go to his website:

http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/

-A Pdf in french (le moniteur achitecte 09/2008) speaking about Werner Schmidt :

-CONSTRUCTION 19: Straw house in Switzerland-

This self-energy house is located in Flerden Switzerland. Shipyard achieved over 2006-2007. This prototype was designed by the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft. This house uses the technique of carrying large jumbo bales on 2 floors. Its surface is 240 sqm. Based coatings have been made of land within and lime based outside.
Architect GUARINO Felice.

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction:

-CONSTRUCTION 20 : Straw transit center in USA-

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-CONSTRUCTION 21: Straw house in Czechoslovakia-

This experimental straw house is located in Mlada Boleslav in Czechoslovakia. It was conducted in 2003 and is built of brick with an exterior insulation in jumbo straw bales. This house has been awarded by the Czech Chamber of Architects. Notice the originality of the roof.

http://www.ateliersea.com/slamen.htm

-Click on the pdf below for the stages of construction: