[Strawbale] Segal method

[Eileen Sutherland]

Sorry this thread is all my fault. I only mentioned WS in the context of straw bale because 2 architects in Belford, Northumberland have used bales to infil their post and beam, WS house. The original question was about post and beam....
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--- On Sat, 11/9/10, Kitta Potgieter <kitta.potgieter at googlemail...> wrote:

From: Kitta Potgieter <kitta.potgieter at googlemail...>
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Segal method
To: "European strawbale building discussions" <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
Date: Saturday, 11 September, 2010, 20:17

He didn't, as far as I'm aware.  The Walter Segal method uses standard modular units - as you said: no cutting.  A straw bale is a standard unit - but I don't think that's what he had in mind.

Kitta

On 11 September 2010 17:31, Dave Howorth <dave at howorth....uk> wrote:

I'm surprised that people have mentioned a connection between Walter

Segal and strawbale because I was not aware of it before.



Segal developed a method of building that was designed to be simple to

use by unskilled people. It uses pad foundations, timber frame studding

and dry panel infill. The studding is set at such spacing that the

infill panels do not need to be cut. One aim is to eliminate wet trades

such as bricklaying and plastering.



So while strawbales can be used as infill with timber studding, I'm

surprised if Walter Segal had anything to do with it. If anybody has any

references to his involvement, I'd be very interested.



Walter Segal wrote some books in the late 40s. These include "Home and

Environment", "Housing: the post-war work of the London County Council",

and "Planning and Transport: their effects on industry and residence

(Building and Society.)" but they're out of print.



Jon Broome's excellent book "The Green Self-build Book" has a

description of the Segal method. The two worked together.



This web page

<http://www.selfbuild-central.co.uk/design/timber-frame-design/post-and-beam/> provides a summary and some links to other pages.




Cheers, Dave



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