[GSBN] 7story SB buildings in France

[martin hammer]

Thanks Andre.  This is great.  I have a long-standing dream of a high-rise
strawbale building (infilling a steel or concrete frame structure).  These
mid-rise buildings are amazing to see.

Is the primary structure heavy timber post and beam?  Did someone from the
French strawbale community act as a consultant for the straw bale aspects?
Did the architect in the video have previous experience with straw bale
building?

Martin


On 5/15/13 5:05 AM, "contact at lamaisonenpaille.com"
<contact at lamaisonenpaille.com> wrote:

> Here is a (french) article with a video on 2 recent 7story SB buildings
> in France.
> 
> The Jules Ferry résidence, close to downtown St Dié in Les Vosges (88)
> Acording to Passiv Haus standard (15 kWh/m2) this social housing should
> exceed 130€ per year for heating, cooling, ventilation and warm water
> costs for an appartment of 90m² (about 900ft²).
> 
> The size of the prefab panels have been optimised in order to facilitate
> transport and installation. The project was cost-effective due to that
> optimisation and the fact that the insulation (the prefab panels) also
> carry the weight of the rainscreen. That way, an extra structural system
> (for carrying the weight of the rainscreen so far appart from the
> concrete structure) was avoided.
> Total cost : 5 milion €
> 
> http://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/construction-immeuble-bois-paille-18
> 315.php4 
> 
> 
> Bale on,
> André
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