X:enius Arte 2014, “Paille et Terre”

Written by esba

In France, the straw house has the wind in its sails. The Germans, on the other hand, are a little more cautious. In what cases do earth and straw replace conventional building materials? Are these ancestral techniques promising for the future?

En France, la maison en paille a le vent en poupe. Les Allemands, en revanche, sont un peu plus circonspects. Dans quels cas la terre et la paille remplacent-elles avantageusement les matériaux de construction classiques ? Ces techniques ancestrales sont-elles porteuses d’avenir?

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esba

The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.