Straw
Bale House
near
Warsaw Poland 2003 - Present
Next
project
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Collecting
bales from a nearby field
Laying
the sandbag foundation
Bales
protected on the sandbag foundation
Volunteers
working on the roof
Plastering
the straw bale walls with a clay straw mix
straw
bales as a substrate for a living roof
The
interior with curved doors made by a local craftsman
Plastered
walls and a straw bale roof ready for planting
Preparing
the floor
Working
on the hob shelf
Starting
to lay daub on the wattle hob
The
hob well on its way
Collecting
material for wattle
Taking
clay mix in to the team plastering
The
bathroom stained glass window
Some
of the local wild life
Taking
a delivery of stone for the foundations
Relaxing
at the end of a long day with a sing-song
in
the dining room
shelves
sculpted by a volunteer
candle
niches sculpted by a volunteer
the
straw bale green roof is left to its own devices, slowly in years to come
the native plants will seed themselves, forming a stable ecosystem.
the
green roof forming an excellent insulation layer through the cold Polish
winters
The
chimney made out of brick, then covered with sculpted straw-clay, and
capped with stone
happy
people in a happy house
