Strawbalewall / Straw bale wall

Strawbalewall / Straw bale wall in England
Written by Herbert Gruber

This straw bale wall in the gardens of Capel Manor College in Enfield, UK is not just a privacy screen, it is a sculpture that blends organically into the landscape. Plastered with several layers of lime, it defies the forces of nature.

Eckdaten

Ort:Manor College, Enfield Fertigstellung:2006 Bauweise:load bearing straw bale Besichtigung:Nein Pressebilder:Nein
Eigenleistung:Workshop-Projekt
U-Wert (Wand):W/m2K U-Wert (Dach):W/m2K Kategorien: Load Bearing Straw Bale, Projects UK,

This straw bale wall in the gardens of Capel Manor College in Enfield, UK is not just a privacy screen, it is a sculpture that blends organically into the landscape. Plastered with several layers of lime, it defies the forces of nature.

Photos: © Chug’s Strawbale World

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.