[GSBN] Decrement factor of SB walls (Valentina Maini)

[martin hammer]

Thanks Valentina, for the information about the Valencia house, for the
links, and for painting a picture of your experience and work.  ¡Buen
trabajo!

Martin


On 11/29/11 11:46 PM, "valentina maini" <vmaini at mac.com> wrote:

> Dear Martin, and all
> 
> Thank you very much for your interest !! you and  this list are my heroes! .
> It's true and kind of impolite... i never did a presentation of myself. I have
> to say is due to a little shyness ...
> 
> So first the question:
> The bale on Valencia house is simply sitting, with some pins to fix position,
> on wood X-lam structural floor. The floor is elevated about 30 cm from soil
> and this bale is connected with strings  to the wall of  X-Lam wood panel
> behind..So the entire house enclosure (floor-walls-roof) is made with X-Lam
> wood panels. Exterior walls are insulated with straw (on the outside-lke
> wrapping) Floor is insulated form inside with cork and roofs are insulated
> from outside with wood fiber panels. This house is a "poor" copy of the
> S-HOUSE <http://www.s-house.at/presentations.htm>  - project of Austria. So
> there are no SIP. the X-Lam is now produce in Spain but we used the same
> austrian product (not very local but very useful :-,)- The house near
> Barcelona is the one the data i've sent referred to.
> 
> And a little presentation of myself:
> I'm 43 italian architect in barcelona, spain, since 16 years. I love being
> just "between"  and living the contradictions of that,  hoping always to stay
> "outside the box" and be a bridge (over troubled water:-)) for myself and
> others....i'm far from reaching that! :-D.
> I've met strawbale in 2000..recently graduated, when we organized a 7 month
> workshop on natural building with the cooperativa of architects  we created
> back then. ..here a very old/naif web:  curso
> <http://www.ctv.es/USERS/topoterra/ceder/main.htm> .  In 2001, edting a book
> about natural materials,  i've met Maren Termens that show me the European and
> Global Network. 
> Since then i'm working on projects and divulgation of natural materials and
> especially straw. And worked with Maren and Rikki for the the Spanish Straw
> network casasdepaja.org | soplad, soplad! <http://www.casasdepaja.org/> as
> much as i could. I finally was able to attend ESBG of 2007 and 2009.
> From ESBG i was involved in a group that ended in a EU- Leonardo Project
> Leonardo - European Learning Partnership for Strawbale Building
> <http://www.strawbale-net.eu/network/european-work-groups/leonardo.html>
> ...that now just started the  second edition. I'm actually working @ home with
> projects. a@ Universities of architecture in Barcelona as teacher of
> construction, @ web for spanish and EU strawnetwork , and @BAM 012 |
> Bioarquitectura Mediterránea <http://bamconf.org/>  organizing an event on
> bio-architecture in mediterranean area. My web www.valentinamaini.net
> <http://www.valentinamaini.net>  is still on process.
> 
> I hope to meet you all soon in real space! Thank you Thank you Thank you for
> being there! Ciao, Valentina
> 
> 
> 
> 
> El 30/11/2011, a las 03:11, martin hammer escribió:
> 
>> Re: [GSBN] Decrement factor of SB walls (Valentina Maini)
>> Dear Valentina,
>> 
>> Thanks very much for the detailed information on thermal performance of one
>> of your SB buildings in summer.  The thermal delay is consistent with what
>> others have reported.
>> 
>> As much as I know some GSBN members and their work, others I don¹t know at
>> all.  I visited your website (www.valentinamaini.net
>> <http://www.valentinamaini.net> ) and enjoyed seeing your ³Strawbale house
>> near Valencia² and ³Strawbale house near Barcelona².  I invite others to do
>> the same.  One question I have is what the detail is at the base of the bale
>> wall for the Valencia house.  Are the bales simply sitting directly on the
>> wood platform?  Also, are the roof and floor made of SIPs (structural
>> insulated panels)?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Martin
> 

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