Projects France

Artist’s studio made of straw and clay coatings.

House insulated in straw bales according to the GREB technique.

The Cells Under Tension (CUT) technique was chosen for the construction of this thatched cottage. The top layer of the slab is a mixture of tuff and clay Linseed oil and turpentine. The ceiling insulation is made of sheep’s wool.

Wood frame house.

Bioclimatic house.

Detached house.

Externally braced timber frame house made of dense wood fibre. Off-centre straw insulation. Interior lime coatings. Roof floor insulation in hemp filament.

Post and beam house with a secondary framework for straw bales.

This house made of wood and straw is located in Deux-Sèvres. It was built within a housing estate, accommodating various styles of construction (straw, wood, but also classic pavilion houses). Much of the work is carried out by self-builders. Wood and Straw was used for the framework, the airtightness and the insufflation of cellulose wadding … Read more

This single-storey house made of wood and straw was 80% self-constructed. The project was carried out during a sabbatical year. Bois et Paille accompanied them for the design of the house, as well as for the implementation of the straw during a participative building site. And then, of course, Bois et Paille produced the column-beam … Read more

This house in mixed structure is located in Deux-Sèvres. The western part is a kind of timber-frame extension, clad in douglas fir on the outside. The rest of the structure is made of douglas beam posts, with straw bale insulation. The internal and external coatings on the straw were made with lime. The insulation under … Read more

Headframe offices.

Space dedicated to arts and therapy.

Wood frame extension, straw filling, lime/sand coating, green roof terrace.

Wood frame house (post and beam structure) and straw filling.

This insulated straw bale house was entirely self-built. Earth and lime plaster protects the straw. The underfloor heating, integrated in the waxed concrete slab, is powered by a boiler insert and solar panels. A Canadian well ventilates the house. Buffer zones to the north and the orientation of the bay windows to the south reduce … Read more

Wooden clad house painted with a stone tone, to integrate this construction into the traditional built heritage of the village. Lavender straw was used in bulk in an insulating mortar .

Composed of 5 buildings used as offices, lodgings, storage and exploitation sheds, our objective was to realize a system of framework posts/glued laminated beams and reconstituted wood panels answering the constraints of holding the walls by filling them with bales of straw coated with lime, and of support of green roof, also insulated by bales … Read more

Search for autonomy, decreasing, grey energies under control.

Raising an existing house. Heating wood with a masonry heater.

Structural study: posts and beams, straw filling.

This couple of auto constructors chose a simple, single-storey structure for a living area of 80m². The work lasted more than two years and was largely carried out by the couple themselves.

This house in mixed structure is located in the Vienne. Three walls are insulated with straw; the south facade is in wood frame, insulated with cellulose wadding. The project is largely self-construction. Bois et Paille has cut and raised the structure; we have also carried out the airtightness and insulation of the roof and the … Read more

This wooden and straw house in Deux-Sèvres has the particularity of having a large courtyard that protects its entire west side. A small courtyard to the north, with chestnut tree lathing, is used to store everything. Bois et Paille was involved in the pruning and lifting of the douglas beam post and beam structure. The … Read more

Wood frame house.

Wood frame house.

Musical workshop that has also become a place to live.

Office building. Small ERP 5th category.

Wood frame house. Straw filling in assisted self-construction. Bioclimatic design.

Contemporary design with rounded roof building entirely clad in cedar in a wooded urban environment.

Wood frame house with straw filling and insulated cellulose wadding roof.

Commercial premises for circus articles and darts.

House with the traditional architecture of the houses of Haut Bugey, in wood frame centered. Interior and exterior coatings in clay, lime finish for the exterior.

House in the middle of a ’70s subdivision. Choice of a house that is as economical as possible in construction and heating, therefore rather compact and breathable.

Post and beam house with GREB imitation straw bales lining, earth body coating and lime finish.

Wood frame house insulated with straw bales.

5th category mixed-use ERP building: living base and technical room for gardeners accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Extension of a house, made of beam posts with two insulated walls made of straw bales, one of stone masonry and a verranda.

Dwelling house and professional building. Distillery of aromatic and medicinal plants grown biodynamically.

Philippe Le Lan is an organic horticulturist and market gardener. He built his house out of straw, the first one locally. Fascinated by the material, he chose straw again to build in 2016 a conservation room necessary for his professional activity, then a transformation workshop.

House in straw bale filling, wooden frame in glued laminated Douglas fir posts and beams, secondary frame in pine. Wooden cladding in douglas fir on the west and north facades. External lime coatings on the south and east facades. Internal earth renderings. Low floor insulation in cellulose wadding. Interior splitting wall in raw earth. Heating … Read more

This bioclimatic house is compact and has a simple structure to meet the client’s desire for energy consistency.

ERP is the headquarters of the associations OIKOS and Arthropologia. Post and beam building and straw filling in non-load-bearing secondary framework. Internal earth rendering – external earth and lime rendering.

The aim of the construction is to create a healthy house that is financially and ecologically economical in use and construction, functional and integrated with other houses in the area.

Semi-circular extension of 20 m² of a wooden chalet. Info & Credits: http://www.stephanrobert-ecoconstruction.fr/gallery/paille/merlou/24.html#prettyPhoto

Strap-braced frame and structural elements made of round wood.

Change in the course of the project: from the traditional with a mason friend, to do alone.

Post and beam structure house with 3 walls insulated with straw bales.

Storage building, timber frame.

Louis is a dynamic retiree, often travelling. He regularly welcomes a large family and many friends passing through. His house had to be open and warm, and be able to guarantee a warm and welcoming atmosphere all the time and with the minimum of intervention an excellent level of hygrothermal comfort. Project carried out before … Read more

Martin Oehlmann has built this straw bale house with two holiday flats in Brittany. The I-beam construction was built with the active help of around 20 volunteers.

The first municipal building in France built with the financial participation of Communauté Cantonale de Celles sur Belle, le Conseil Général, la Région et l’Europe.

Extension, 3 walls, no water network, little electricity.

This house, built in the 90s, was largely self-constructed. The insulation is carried out by an earth-straw mixture banquette around a wooden structure. Its heating is provided by solar air panels and a wooden stove. In 2016, work was carried out on the facades: rendering on 3 facades and cladding / zinc on the 4th.

Farm building goat house and barn built between 1992 and 1996. Post and beam structure in local spruce. Filling in corded wood or straw bales depending on the facades. The insulated straw façades were coated on the outside with lime and subsequently repainted.

Bioclimatic contemporary house.

Contemporary house with wood frame, douglas siding, green roof.

Detached house.

Extension in self-supporting straw timber frame under existing post and beam, as part of the renovation of a traditional farm in the Bauges region of Haute-Savoie. The wooden slab is insulated in a 37 cm straw bale and supports a raw earth slab with a direct solar floor. The building is the headquarters of the … Read more

Load-bearing box house, much of it self-constructed.

Detached house in CST in the eco-hamlet “les Amaranthes”.

Self-construction in GREB.

Wood frame gite, insulated with straw bales.