Friendly, compact and rustic house for a young bon vivant in his fifties. Foundation on metal piles, prefabricated frames, straw insulation in walls, slabs and crawlings. Closed-covered by craftsmen, insulation and interior fittings in self-construction. Exposed framework of untreated Douglas fir, interior earth plaster, chestnut cladding, heating by wood stove, hot water heat pump, phyto-purification.
House on one level, steel roofing, internal and external earth rendering, wood cladding on the west side.
House at 950m altitude with bioclimatic greenhouse. Insulation straw and wood wool, VMC DF with Canadian well and heating with a stove.
Located in a small housing estate, the house has a large living room-kitchen area, a laundry room, a bathroom, 3 bedrooms and a small play area. The bioclimatic design of the project allows it to reach the passive level in practice. Impeccable in terms of life cycle quality, the building materials are entirely biosourced, local, … Read more
Straw extension and green roof. Post and beam framework. Straw wall insulation. Floor and flat roof insulation in cellulose wadding. Wooden cladding. Vegetated roof using a system of recycled polyurethane foam mats, substrate and sedum shoots. This system has the advantage of being very light when wet. Inner lining in fermacell.
The couple’s project began in January 2014 with the posting of the building permit on an empty plot of land, which is now well stocked. The house was self-built in wood frame with straw insulation and cellulose wadding. The objective was the construction of a passive house.
The proposed architecture is based on a constructive and thermal logic. A thermal, compact and well-oriented envelope is highlighted. The construction is close to the passive design (with 20 kWh/m²/year).
Fourteen multi-family dwellings. An old workers’ housing estate with dilapidated dwellings is being converted into a boarding house for lʼaccueil people in social difficulty. The façades of the refurbished housing units keep the memory of the place, while the common premises are lʼobjet dʼune contemporary low-energy construction. Particular care is taken in lʼétude of the … Read more
Tertiary school buildings. The Victor Schoelcher School opened in September 2016. It is 100% eco-friendly. Construction of a two-storey nursery school with five classrooms and a school canteen. Macro closed covered lot; design, supply and installation of MOB straw insulation, rain screen and wood wool partitions, D-Dalle flooring, O’Portune slab roofing and courtyard, M2 cladding. … Read more
House RT 2012 wood/straw bio-climatic with Canadian well vitrified sandstone with Helios system, rainwater recovery 3000 l (garden/WC/laundry washer) DHW with thermodynamic tank on extracted air. Heating with ITC Ania airtight pellet stove.
The pillars are generously supported in all four directions to avoid any deformation. On average, 4 people took 20 days to build these pillars. This technique does not require a great deal of physical strength since the clods of earth do not exceed 2 to 3kg. It is estimated that the drying time of the … Read more
Straw house, load-bearing wooden frame, straw filling from the inside, interior and exterior coatings on the south and east ground floor. Roof insulated wadding + steel tray.
Renovation of a ruin into a bioclimatic house, creation of walls with the GREB technique.
Partial self-construction: installation of the cladding and all the finishing work.
Habitable house 3 bedrooms, south facing on land of 1000 m². Part south technical GREB, garage and lean-to north side in classic wood frame. Heating with 6KW cast iron stove, VMC double flow.
Passive House (Passivhaus). Insulation of the walls in bales of straw + wood fibre. Roof insulation in cellulose + PU under green roof. Mixed wood/aluminium joinery.
Reconstruction after the collapse of a barn in Lauragaise into two dwellings. Collective and living project.
The farmhouse and its surrounding land in Saméon were bought jointly by 4 households who wanted to leave the city to live in the country. The future inhabitants wished to live in shared spaces in order to reduce their ecological impact, but also to preserve part of their home, while being able to receive the … Read more
Detached house in G5 technique, consisting of a load-bearing framework insulated from the outside by a continuous web of straw bales compressed at the base. The straw being a support for lime coatings. Curved roof.
Post/beam structure, straw bales laid vertically on the field in a light wooden frame outside the supporting structure. Earth coatings inside and lime coatings outside. Insulation of the concrete sub-base with cork slabs (16 cm). Reinforced concrete ground floor slab laid on concrete posts (~2m² in total) and insulated from below by 16 cm of … Read more
This school group located on Avenue de la résistance in Montreuil is a nursery school “Les Zéfirottes” and an elementary school “Stéphane Hessel”. There is also a leisure centre during the summer period.
Conversion of a former SERNAM hall into offices and meeting rooms. Interior insulation (ITE) of an existing cinder block wall of about 700m². WUFI study for moisture transfer validation.
Wood frame house with straw filling and Misapor floor insulation with Bieber triple-glazed window and Paul double-flow CMV.
Detached house for a young couple, sensitive to straw construction. Wooden frame construction system made in the workshop, then assembled on site. The building site is delivered out of water, out of air, without attic fitting.
Renovation and extension of a 1978 house with a passive purpose. Thermal insulation from the outside of the existing and new volumes created, in compressed straw bales, without frame. ( process G5 Bati Nature ) The flat roof, structure in KLH is insulated by the outside in bundles laid on edge.
Bioclimatic Clustered Habitat. Very low energy consumption. In Southern Ardèche. The objective is to build a low energy-consumption building with healthy materials and energy-efficient production.
Corentin Desmichelle and Ken Mimran Castéra architects DPLG are co-contractors for the design and project management of this construction.
The programme includes a multi-sports hall and gym, 200-seat bleachers, a cafeteria area and various support areas. The large volume of the gymnasium, imposed by the sports activities it houses, is intersected by the play of sheds and by the use of the difference in height of the pitch. Access to the equipment is provided … Read more
House in Saintes (17), located in the city center. House of 120m² living space with floor. Integration in urban center, which was a wish of the owner. Self-construction at 80%, the client being accompanied by professionals for short periods to train and organize participative building sites.
Self-construction of a wooden and straw house on two levels. GREB construction technique with mortar bracing.
Self-construction assisted by the company Batinature for the overall design of the KLH slab framework and the installation of the joinery. Insulation from the outside.
Expansion of the communal leisure centre with a new, energy-saving construction combining bio-sourced materials.
Contemporary timber-frame house, prefabricated in load-bearing boxes insulated with straw bales. Under-roof insulation in cellulose wadding. Passive performance without labelling.
Restructuring-extension of a stone house in Vannes. We modify: the levels – creation of the standard of living on the garden level, the bays – maximization of the openings on the south side, the insulation – ITE straw on stone wall to the north, wood wool to the south. We add: rental studio, garage, thermal … Read more
Located in a residential area on a plot of 873 m² less than 5 minutes walk from the town hall square of Pierre-Bénite (69), the project includes the construction of two duplex units (T3, and T4). This compact building with simple architecture was designed to enter into dialogue with an existing adobe house on the … Read more
House built in self-construction, having been the subject of eight participative building sites (four for the straw, four for the plaster). These participative building sites were supervised by building professionals. Only the roofing was not carried out by the project owner.
Detail of the service construction of a crèche to accommodate 15 children, design of the furniture, layout of the exteriors structure and materials wood frame structure roof and facades in pre-weathered zinc wood-aluminium joinery environmental principles bio-climatic design use of bio-sourced materials: straw and wood fibre in building insulation with very low energy consumption LED … Read more
School group. Mixed wood-concrete structure, straw insulation. Photovoltaic plant. Positive energy building. The Department of Ardèche has joined forces with the commune of Saint-Cirgues to build a school complex with an innovative and experimental character. It responds to a reflection on a new way of understanding the management and organisation of a school in a … Read more
Workshop realized in total self-construction as an extension of an existing stone mazet. The chestnut pole-beam structure is filled with several bio-sourced insulators: bales of organic spelt straw, bulk of lavender and lightened mortar made from crushed lavender. Reuse of old wood and recycled wooden windows. Part of the workshop includes a level and is … Read more
House with post and beam structure with secondary framework in 6×4 insulated in straw bale, workshop of 80m ² in the basement.
Chalet type house, mountain architecture. Wooden frame – prefabrication of caissons in the workshop.
Grouped housing for 3 families, in wood frame, straw bale insulation on roof and floors, vegetated roof with photovoltaic panels.
Traditional Savoyard house with a contemporary extension. Vegetated roofing on all the roofs. Lime coating on straw on the ground floor. Mixed technique with load-bearing caissons, column-beam and straw on one wall.
This eco-building was ordered by the Schoonaert bus company for their administrative offices in Saint-Omer. The building is constructed in prefabricated caissons (walls / roof) insulated with bales of barley straw. 60 m3 of straw were used, supplied less than 80 km from the site. The site’s eco-materials are mostly bio-sourced and recyclable; beams, airtight … Read more
Bois et Paille has just lifted this new post and beam structure made of douglas wood, for insulation in bales of straw. The house covers a surface area of 80 m², with an open space to the north, which could eventually be converted into living rooms. The straw bales were installed by the self-builders. Part … Read more
This project was developed by Foncière Chênelet with the municipality of Merville, which is very committed to environmental issues. It responds to several challenges: to create healthy, comfortable housing that is truly accessible to all, not only in terms of rents, but also in terms of operating costs over the long term. Bringing economic activity … Read more
