La CITE s’invente asbl à Liège

La CITE s’invente asbl à Liège
La CITE s’invente asbl à Liège
Written by Herbert Gruber

sociocultural building

Project Data

Place:Liège Completion: Construction:filling straw - Caisson holders Design:Jean Marie Delhaye - ARTerre Liège Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:280m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Belgium,

ISCED invents is a non-profit education on the environment. Its mission is to educate as many environmental issues but also to promote sustainable lifestyles.
The main project of this association is to create an eco-center, that is to say, a demonstration center, devoted to innovation and transfer of knowledge on environmental protection and sustainable thedevelopment. It is intended to desanimations, tours, events, workshops, conferences, training, screenings, etc.
for the general public and professionals.
This project is based on the total renovation of an old house found working in a state of disrepair. The building, located on the hill of the citadel of Liege, is restructured, isolated and expanded in an ecological approach to bioclimatic character. It represents a unique opportunity to unite in practice, audiences are invited to take an interest and to share their knowledge and skills. The approach will bring visitors to be actors of their discovery.

About the author

Herbert Gruber

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.