Straw bale house in Mollands (Lower Austria)

Straw bale house in Mollands (Lower Austria)
Written by Herbert Gruber

The winegrowers Petra and Manfred Strom have fulfilled their dream and realised the straw bale house according to their own planning, supported by Wolfgang Tillich.

Project Data

Place:Mollands Completion:2006 Construction:infill construction Design:P. & M. Strom, Ing. Wolfgang Tillich Straw Builder:Kreativer Holzbau GmbH Carpenter:Hauer Holztechnik Master Builder:Jägerbau-Pöggstall BaugesmbH Building Costs:1299,- €/m2 Visitable:Yes Press photos:Yes
Customer satisfaction:Dank des Lehmputzes gibt es keine sommerliche Überhitzung.
Heat Consumptionf:32 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K House Technique:Kontrollierte Wohnraumlüftung mit Wärmepumpe. Einzelofen im Wohnzimmer muss nicht beheizt werden. Categories: Projects Austria,

Petra und Manfred Strom haben sich ihren Traum erfüllt und das Strohballenhaus nach eigener Planung, unterstützt von Wolfgang Tillich verwirklicht.

About the author

Herbert Gruber

Herbert is author of the book "Neues Bauen mit Stroh in Europa" (New Building with Straw in Europe), head of the austrian strawbale network ASBN and partner in the Leonardo-project "STEP" (Strawbale Training for European Professionals) and the Erasmus project "BuildStraw Pro" (a project to get formal national recognition of the training) and "Make your City Smart". As a collector he documents European straw bale buildings since 1999 on his website (database, german), in lectures, workshops and books.