Straw bale house in Prinias/Crete (GR)

Straw bale house in Prinias/Crete (GR)
Written by Herbert Gruber

Straw bale house in the Psiloritis mountains of Crete for 3 residential units on top of a Raki-production hall.

Project Data

Place:Prinias Completion:2014 Construction:cut construction Design:christos choraitis Straw Builder:asbn - austrian strawbale network christos choraitis Visitable:Yes Press photos:Yes
Living Area:100m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: CUT construction, Projects Greece,

Straw bale house in the Psiloritis mountains of Crete. The owners Annica and Nikos Patsakis run a raki production there, the house is planned for 3 residential units.

Services:

  • Straw construction advice, general construction advice
  • Support with construction planning (CUT technique)
  • Filling in straw bales, shaving, re-stuffing
  • Corner formations with glass fibre fabric

Team: Herbert Gruber, Marian Ontkoc, Barbora Holla, Christos Choraitis

Area: 220 m2 straw bale walls

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.