Evolution of the image of straw in contemporary housing construction

Written by esba

This study deals with the question of the evolution of the image of straw in contemporary construction using the example of earth. The aim is to become aware of the mechanisms that have changed mentalities and attitudes towards new construction methods, using this natural resource, in order to transpose them to straw material in the near future.

Sara Fatemi. L’évolution de l’image du matériau paille dans la construction contemporaine de l’habitat. Architecture, aménagement de l’espace. 2014.

Cette étude porte sur la question de l’évolution de l’image de la paille dans la construction contemporaine en s’appuyant sur l’exemple de la terre. Cette démarche a pour objectif de se rendre compte des mécanismes qui ont changé des mentalités et des attitudes vers de nouvelles méthodes de construction, utilisant cette ressource naturelle, afin de les transposer prochainement pour le matériau paille.

Authors: Sara Fatemi, Frédéric BONNEAUD, 12.11.2015

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The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.