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Dear Nursel Karagoz,
A good way to start your research could be to check out the following websites: www.buiderswithoutborders.org (a visual primer to SB construction can be downloaded for free) www.strawbalefutures.org.uk (also has a good document for free) And two European websites that will give links to other European Websites are www.baubiologie.at/ and (our website under construction) la-maison-en-paille.com There will be a European SB Gathering in April in Austria (I've copied info on that on the bottom of this email) I hope this is of help to you. Greetings, Andre > >Dear Sir or Madam, > >I am an architect. I interest alternative architecture. I want to ask some > >questions about straw houses. > > > >- What is the advantages and disadvantages of straw houses? > >- What is the insulation of straw houses? (especially water insulation) > >- What is it's limits? (load, number of the floor, ...) > >- Is it combination with other materials? (which materials, how) > > > >If you may help to me about this topic and send some information and > >pictures,really I am glad. > > > >Yours faithfully > > > >NURSEL KARAGOZ > >ERDOGDU MAH. BOSTAN SOK. OMUR APT. > >A/BLOK D:5 MUDANYA BURSA TURKEY > > Dear strawbalers European Strawbale Gathering 2002 (more info about the program: http://www.baubiologie.at/asbn.htm) Time to arrive Some of you are already booking flights to the European Strawbale Gathering in April 04 07.2002. In order to find the right time/connection to join the Gathering on 1) Thursday morning, 04.04.2002 for joining the (small) workshop-day 2) Thursday evening, 04.04.2002 for joining the Gathering one night before the regular/international Gathering, or 3) Friday morning, 05.04.2002 for joining the international Gathering until 9.00 a.m. (before it begins), find your best way to travel/fly to Austria/Wachau/Wösendorf on our homepage: http://www.baubiologie.at/asbn/timetable.html If you can´t find the right train/bus/connection, please email us and we will inform you of other special travel-connections. If you want to look for other train connections by yourself, have a look at: http://www.oebb.at, the official site of the Austrian trains (only in german). Sleeping places/rooms/prices We try to arrange sleeping places on site for free (mattress in common room or tipi) and you even can bring your own tent. If you want more comfort and want to book your own room in one of the private lodgings in or near Wösendorf, please send us an email: asbn@aon.... Prices per night incl. breakfast are approx. Euro 22, (maximal Euro 25; the sooner you book, the better price you get). Please hurry up, because Wachau is a touristic attraction in Austria, so we have to book rooms as soon as possible. Prices for joining the Gathering We will have two prices for the Gathering. A cheap one for international guests and a more expensive for Austrian guests. We still don´t know the exact prices, but it will include (all prices per person): 2 bus-travels to strawbale houses on friday and saturday: Euro 15 if you arrive on thursday: 3 x breakfast and lunch: approx. Euro 44 if you arrive on friday morning: 2 x breakfast and 3 x lunch: approx. Euro 40 contributions for documents/organisation: approx. Euro 14 We try to arrange meals (fire place on site) in the evening for free, if you want to go to a "Heuriger" (winery with possibility to eat), its on your own bill. You see, we try to make the Gathering as cheap as possible for international guests, all in all it will be a maximum amount of Euro 73 per person, if you sleep on site in your own sleeping-bag. To all national networkers/strawbalers: Each European strawbale network is invited, to arrange 45 min of presentation (in german or english), which should include: a dia- or CD-Rom-presentation of the most interesting strawbale-houses of your country, the most interesting experiences in strawbale construction of the last year.. The whole presentation lasts max 1 hour incl. 15 min of discussion. We try to translate the presentations parallel in german or english, so all presentations/discussions will be in both languages. We surely do better, when you send us the texts in front. If you have an own presentation, which you think, is very interesting for us all, please send an email with a short description and the time, you need for it, so we are able to plan the private evening-presentations. Best wishes and please inform us as soon as possible, if you are able to join the Gathering, Herbert & Astrid Gruber, asbn Markus Piringer, Global 2000 ------------------------------- asbn austrian strawbale network herbert & astrid gruber http://www.baubiologie.at email: asbn@aon... ------------------------------- La Maison en Paille Information Center on ECO-LOGIC Habitat Andre & Coralie de Bouter Le Trezidoux 16290 Champmillon Charente, France Tel. (0)5 45 66 27 68 m.ep@laposte... www.la-maison-en-paille.com We are currently building our Straw Bale house/'hotel' to receive people for guided tours, Straw Bale workshops, as well as other workshops. We offer multimedia presentations on SB construction and are working on a (copyright free) CDrom on Natural Construction. |