Projects Spain
Casa Requena
Passive House made with Alfawall prefab panels. Exterior part ventilated façade and part lime plaster.
Vivienda en Colmenar de Arroyo
Built with CUT infill technique, natural plasters outside and panels inside. Mostly self-built. “A” efficiency rating.
Caseta de Profesores Bala Box
Made with unique prefab modules: each is just one bale! Built for public golf federation.
Vivienda en Tarroja
Addition to existing home. Doble post with SB infill. Self-built with volunteers and professional supervision.
Horta de la Viola
Maren Termens’ house is a finca for organic farming and permaculture as well as a place for workshops.
Ullastret family home
One family house in BTC (Bloques de tierra comprimida) – in Ullastret with Catalan vaults and earth bricks in the south facade and straw bales in the north facade.
Mas Franch Permaculture Centre
The community centre was built using round timber post and beam construction, with the straw bales plastered directly with clay.
El Faro Pavillon*
The 25 m high El Faro, made of prefabricated clay plastered straw bale walls on a timber frame, was erected on the occasion of the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, an adventurous undertaking, as the pictures show…
Vivienda Valle de Mena
Built with prefab straw modules. Plaster finishes. Extremely efficient energy rating.
Mas Duran
This traditional Catalan farmhouse was lovingly built by the owner himself over a period of five years. Not a straw bale building but an earthen building.