Markus Distelberger initiated the Garden of Generations project and also developed an alternative financing concept for it. After this first community house, further straw bale houses are to be built here.
Markus Distelberger initiierte das Projekt Garten der Generationen und entwickelte dafür auch ein alternatives Finanzierungskonzept. Nach diesem ersten gemeinschaftshaus sollen hier weitere Strohballenhäuser errichtet werden. Dort gibt es auch die Möglichkeit, tage- oder wochenendweise mitzuhelfen und dabei zu lernen.
Infos: www.gartendergenerationen.net, EGB: www.stroh2gether.at
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.
