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Subject: Strawbale in Andalucia
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:49:24 -0800 (PST)
We have built a strawbale building in Parque de Aracena in andalucia which
because of various confusions about what we had applied for permission for,
it now has a demolition order (and a fine) hanging over it -their reasons
being that it is a fire hazard and unaesthetic! . Part of the reason why we
wanted to build it was to show that there are alternatives to the horrific
amounts of cement that go into spanish buildings and I am doing an
ecological footprint ananlysis on the building ( see
www.bestfootforward.com - the company I own and run when I'm not trying to
build something!). I had thought that the Park authority might also see
this but it seems not. We are fighting the demolition order on principle
but I was wondering if there is a website of Spanish strawbale examples
anywhere which we could use to make the building less scary! >king regards
Nicky Chambers