Maison et cabinet à Mellier

Maison et cabinet à Mellier
Maison et cabinet à Mellier
Written by Herbert Gruber

individual housing

Project Data

Place:Mellier Completion: Construction:Straw filling - bearing skeletal frame braced Design:AKSO Architecture Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:165m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Belgium,

The objective of this project is to construct a building where the residential part of the house is clearly separate from the professional part. Since the terrain is very steep, the basement habitable façade and offers the necessary space in the office. At the rear of the basement, we find in the ground cellars. This first level is built tough with a conventional insulation. A concrete slab separates it from the rest of the house is built in straw and clay on wood frame.

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.