Straw Bale Construction Manual - Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

Bereits vor gut 100 Jahren wurde in Nebraska die Technik des Bauens mit Strohballen entwickelt. Durch das Stapeln und Verbinden der Ballen ließen sich preisgünstig Wohnhäuser errichten. Seit einiger Zeit erlebt dieser Baustoff in vielen Teilen der Erde eine Renaissance: Die Häuser sind wirtschaftlich, da sie zum Teil in Eigenleistung errichtet werden können, und ökologisch sinnvoll, da der Rohstoff nachwächst und sehr gute Dämmeigenschaften aufweist.

Das Buch zeigt praxisnah die Konstruktion von Strohbauten. Es erörtert die wichtigen Themen Brandsicherheit, Nässeschutz und Verhinderung von Schädlingsbefall , und dokumentiert die Montage Schritt für Schritt mit Baustellenfotos. 30 ausgewählte Projekte zeigen das vielfältige Gestaltungspotential dieses Materials.

List of contents

I The technology of straw bale building

1 Introduction

Purpose and objectives of this book
About the contents
Building with straw - a contribution to sustainability in construction
Further advantages of straw bale building
Objections and anxieties

2 History and profileration of straw bale building

Early buildings (1880-1970)
The development after 1980

3 Straw as building material

General facts
Straw bales
Straw panels

4 Wall construction systems using straw bales

Introduction to the construction systems
Load-bearing straw bale walls
Non-loadbearing straw bale walls
Facing straw bale layer as thermal insulation
Structural and dynamic aspects
Summary and comparison of the individual systems

5 Roof and floor construction with straw bales

Roof insulation
Floor constructions
Supplementary thermal insulation of existing structures

6 Physical aspects of straw bale building

Heat storage and heat conductivity
Thermal bridges
Thermal insulation
Moisture protection
Moisture balance
Wind and air tightness
Fire protection
Sound insulation

7 Designing a straw bale building

Special aspects of load-bearing straw bale walls
Special aspects of non-loadbearing straw bale walls
Detailing of foundations
Base details
Wall build-up
Wall junctions with foundation, base and floor
Ring beams
Windows and doors
Wall corners
Wall/roof junctions
Interior walls
Intermediate ceilings
Service ducts
Heavy-duty fixings in straw bale walls
Wall recesses

8 Surface protection and finishing works

Interior render
Exterior render
Paint coats
Water-repellent treatment
Weather boarding, facing and ventilated cladding

9 The building process

Supervision and co-ordination on site
Health and safety measures
Assessment of the quality of the bales
Supplementary compaction of the bales
Transport and storage
Separating of bales
Reshaping of bales
Bale installation
Wall reinforcement
Wall prestressing
Removal of deformations
Backfilling of joints and gaps
Cropping of bale surfaces
Rendering of the walls

10 Trial and error - an example

Preliminary note
Scheme design
Construction - the first attempt
Solving the problems - the second attempt

11 Building cost, insurance, planning permission

Building cost, expenditure of time and personal contribution
Insurance of building
Planning permission


II Built examples in detail

1 Residences

Residential building in Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, Netherlands

Residential building in Balneario Punta Ballena, Uruguay

Residential building in central Montreal, Canada

Prefabricated single-family home in Hitzendorf, near Graz, Styria, Austria

Single-family home in Dobersdorf, Burgenland, Austria

Urban cottage in Berkeley, California, USA

Single-family home in Bryson City, North Carolina, USA

Singe-family home with guest house, games room and garage in Galston, near Sidney, Australia

Single-family home in Lower Lake, California, USA

Single-family home at Lake Biwa, Japan

The Spiral House, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland

Load-bearing straw bale house in Disentis, Switzerland

Passive house in Cavan, Ontario, Canada

First straw bale house in Vienna, Austria

Single-family home in Blanden, Belgium

Low-energy house in Maria Laach, Austria

Passive house in Wienerherberg, Austria


2 Home and workplace

Trout Farm Complex, Tassaraja Canyon, California, USA

Residential and office building in London, Great Britain

Ulenkrug Farm, Stubbendorf, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany

Residential building for ethnic German resettlers, Wargoldshausen, Lower Franconia, Germany

The Woodage Sawmill in Mittagong, Australia

Straw bale dome as a rehearsal and performance space in Forstmehren, Westerwald, Germany

Farm and residential building near Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Germany

House of a painter near Santa Cruz, California, USA


3 Educational and cultural buildings

Foothills Academy College Preparatory, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Real Goods Solar Living Center, Hopland, California, USA

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center Lodge,
Val-Morin, Quebec, Canada

Waldorf school in Carbondale, Colorado, USA

Salem Childrens' Village, Kaliningrad, Russia

Sanctuary House, Crestone, Colorado, USA

Vipassana Meditation Hall, Blackheath, Australia


III Appendices

Measures
Networks
Internet links
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Illustration credits

About the author

Professor em. Dr. Gernot Minke, Universität Kassel

Report

"Was beim Strohballenbau zu beachten ist, fasst die neue Auflage von Straw Bale Construction Manual von Gernot Minke und Benjamin Krick zusammen. Die Planungshilfe beschreibt die strukturellen und physikalischen Aspekte des Bauens mit Stroh sowie mögliche Probleme. Praktische Tipps für Planende sind genauso Teil der Publikation wie zahlreiche gebaute Beispiele." (-sh in Baunetz_Wissen, 12.2020, https://www.baunetzwissen.de/nachhaltig-bauen/tipps/fachbuecher/straw-bale-construction-manual-7449721)
"Das Buch zeigt praxisnah die Konstruktion von Strohbauten. Es erörtert die wichtigen Themen Brandsicherheit, Nässeschutz und Verhinderung von Schädlingsbefall, und dokumentiert die Montage Schritt für Schritt mit Baustellenfotos. 30 ausgewählte Projekte zeigen das vielfältige Gestaltungspotenzial dieses Materials." ( in BAUSUBSTANZ, 06.2021)

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Krick, Gerno Minke, Gernot Minke
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Original title: Der Strohballenbau : ein Konstruktionshandbuch
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2020
• EAN: 9783035618549
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3561854-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 287 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 896 g
• Illustrations: 194 b/w and 100 col. ill., 108 b/w img., 86 b/w ld
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture