Load-bearing straw bale construction with large bales that were plastered directly. The floor slab is also insulated with straw bales.
Load-bearing straw bale construction with large bales that were plastered directly. The floor slab is also insulated with straw bales. The roof is on KLH boards (cross-laminated timber). The project was awarded 2nd prize at the South Tyrolean Architecture Prize 2007.
Further information:
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.
