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<p>Salut Noé and other baleheads,</p>
<p>When deciding to built, or not, a small cabin with bales in
Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India in 2000, I looked arround. That
region has a monsoon season with very heavy downpours, but a much
longer dry season.<br>
I noticed that the rice-straw stacked in the field (without any
protection) held up very well. The rice straw looked more like
leafs, and the straw pile simply sheds the water away. Farmers
confirmed me that the straw stacked in the field is only atacked
by rats. <br>
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<p>The sb building that flooded (about 50cm/2 feet) at a university
in richy that René mentioned did indeed dry out. It was cement
plastered on both sides, if I remember correctly.<br>
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I have no idea if my little cabin still exists. Maybe a good excuse
to plan a new trip to India, eh? ;-)<br>
Needless to say, I totally agree with Martin, DESIGN, building and
maintenance are key, and some drying time. <br>
<br>
I don't think that straw-clay would hold up better than bales. I've
seen (fermentation?) spots developping through earth plaser on
straw-clay that made me steer away from it.<br>
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Bale on,<br>
André de Bouter<br>
France<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 12/07/2017 à 08:04, Bohdan Dorniak a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fantastic
reply and links – I was sceptic about constructing in the
tropics – but it is do-able<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bohdan
– aussie architect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"> Gsbn
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com">mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Martin Hammer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 12 July 2017 2:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GSBN<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jeni Kardinal<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] Straw bale building in
tropical areas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Noé (and Bob and all),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I
wanted to respond to the first email on the
subject, but knew it would take time to answer
properly. Now that my name has been called out
. . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andy
Mueller (on this list) and I and others (incl.
Tina Therrien, also on this list) built the
first SB building in <b>Haiti</b> in 2010-11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We had the same question about
building with straw in Haiti that
you have about Benin. Haiti’s
tropical climate includes periods
of heavy rain, including
hurricanes, and moderate to high
humidity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To answer the question, we
installed 29 moisture sensors in
the walls in our Haiti SB
building. Readings over its first
three years showed good
performance. Some readings, just
before plaster, were over 20%, but
over the first 2-1/2 years almost
all readings stabilized between
8-14%. (I’ve attached a table of
readings from 2010-2013.) Some
readings where the bales are in
contact with the gravel bag stem
wall, including ones I took at end
of 2013, rose above 20%, but I
feel this is a matter of
detailing, not climate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
building also withstood hurricane
Matthew in 2016 with only minor
repair needed in an exposed area
of plaster at its gable end.
However moisture readings have not
been taken since then, and it took
a hard but not direct hit from the
powerful hurricane. More about
the “Ti Kay Pay” (small straw
house in Kreyol) can be seen at <a
href="http://builderswithoutborders.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://builderswithoutborders.org/</a> . A
second SB building was constructed
in Haiti in 2014 by an Italian
organization but I don’t have
information about its performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There
are other examples of SB buildings
in places of high rainfall and/or
humidity worth looking at.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sri
Lanka</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:
The first SB building in Sri
Lanka was constructed in
2005. I’ve attached a technical
paper, <i>Performance of Straw
Bale Houses in Tropical Climatic
Condition</i>, though it is more
about its thermal performance than
moisture issues. Here is a link to
an article on the handsome
building: <a
href="http://www.thearchitect.lk/2009/10/a-house-of-straw-2/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.thearchitect.lk/2009/10/a-house-of-straw-2/</a>
Piyal Ganepoal was the project
manager. You might be able to
obtain information about the
moisture performance of the
building from him via Facebook or
Linked-In.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bali:</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
American architect Jeni Kardinal
(copied here) designed and oversaw
the construction (with husband
Frank Hyde) of the first SB
building in Bali (Indonesia) in
2014. You can read about and see
this beautiful building (and its
beautiful compression mould !) in
a Last Straw article at <a
href="http://thelaststraw.org/straw-bale-in-bali/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://thelaststraw.org/straw-bale-in-bali/</a> .
I’m not sure how it has performed
regarding moisture, though when I
saw Jeni at the 2016 ISBC in New
Zealand I think she indicated so
far there were no problems. Maybe
she can offer more if she reads
this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nepal:</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
Our BWB team plans to build the
first straw bale building in Nepal
in October (actually the second if
a very temporary building by
others is counted). Nepal has a
monsoon season and moderate to
high humidity. We have full
confidence straw bale building is
suitable in Nepal’s climate (which
varies considerably with
elevation) with normal care, given
all I have stated above. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I’ve
attached humidity data for the
above countries (including Benin)
that is useful to compare. Sri
Lanka has the highest average
annual average humidity (79.8%) of
these countries, and Bali and and
Nepal have the highest single
monthly average (85%). You might
want to obtain and compare average
rainfall data also.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I’ll
add that SB buildings have existed
for many years in the rainy
(winter) northwest U.S., and humid
(summer) climates in the northeast
and southeast U.S. that have
performed well, including the
famous Burritt Mansion in Alabama,
built in 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
bottom line for me is that high
rainfall and high humidity by
themselves will not cause a straw
bale building to fail due to
moisture. Good design/detailing,
good construction, and reasonable
maintenance are what allow all SB
buildings to endure, maybe even
indefinitely. <u>However</u>, if
water enters a wall due to failure
of one or more of the three good
practices I just mentioned, a SB
building in a climate with high
rainfall and/or high humidity will
be at <u>greater risk</u> of
damage or failure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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regards.</span><span
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</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Martin
Hammer</span><span
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CA, USA</span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Gsbn
<<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>>
on behalf of Bob Theis <<a
href="mailto:bobtheis3@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">bobtheis3@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>GSBN <<a
href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">GSBN@SustainableSources.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>GSBN <<a
href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">GSBN@SustainableSources.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [GSBN] Straw bale building in
tropical areas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">While
working in Haiti I desperately wanted to test ways to
create local roof insulation, to alleviate the infra
red oven created by a tin roof. My principal concern
wasn’t rot, but critters nesting in it. My first
notion was to mix the local fibers with quicklime, but
I didn't have a chance to field test it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">But
we DO have a 2010 field test of straw bale
construction there: Martin Hammer, what do you hear
from the little cottage?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On
Jul 11, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Derek Stearns Roff
<<a href="mailto:derek@unm.edu"
moz-do-not-send="true">derek@unm.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I
don’t have the experience in a very humid,
continuously warm tropical environment, to
propose a natural building solution.
Looking at the current local solutions is
always a good place to start. There is also
the question of what materials are
available. But starting from a place of
ignorance about the place, if I wanted to
include lots of insulation where mold and
moisture are a big concern, then I would
consider blown-in fiberglass (NOT fiberglass
batts), which has several moisture/mold
advantages. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Best
wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Derek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Derek Roff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On
Jul 11, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Noé
Solsona <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">noe@anarchitecture.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ballers,<br>
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Am still looking for advices on
that topic because I have more
request for building with bale in
hot and humid climate like
Guadeloupe, Benin, Sénégal.<br>
<br>
Many thanks in advance.<br>
Noé…<br>
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29 juin 2017 à 08:17, Noé Solsona
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a écrit :<br>
<br>
Hello Derek and Bill,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your returns, and
advice regarding analyzing the
moisture effect.<br>
I definitely agree with you Bill,
that’s why I wrote to the GSBN to
ask how to do and if it’s possible
or suitable to build with straw in
tropical climate ? Because I don’t
want to be dependent and risk the
failure of the air conditioning.<br>
<br>
So am very wondering if it’s
possible to build with straw ??<br>
Would it be better with light
straw ?<br>
<br>
Thanks for your advices.<br>
Noé...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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28 juin 2017 à 19:47, Bill
Christensen <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">lists@sustainablesources.com</a>>
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Hi Noé, et al,<br>
<br>
Over the years I've become a fan
of the concept of passive
sustainability: specifically,
what happens to the building when
power and mechanical systems such
as air conditioning fail?<br>
<br>
In the wall described below,
you're creating a dependence on
the air conditioning system, and
therefore setting yourself up for
potential wall failure if the A/C
goes down for an extended period,
whether due to something as simple
as financial constraints or as
extensive as global apocalypse.<br>
<br>
Better to build without such
dependencies whenever possible.<br>
<br>
On 6/26/17 4:26 PM, Noé Solsona
wrote:<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">But
I also hear that it could be
possible if we have a vapor block
membrane in the outside, and clay
plastering in the inside with a
good and strong air conditioning
system.<br>
What do you think ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">--
<br>
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<a
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from the ESBG in Venise where I made great contact to
go and give courses on plastering bales and
mechanization of plastering, I got one request for
building with bales in Benin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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know that I have always heard that we can build with
bales all around the world where there is straw, but
not in tropical places.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I also hear that it could be possible if we have a
vapor block membrane in the outside, and clay
plastering in the inside with a good and strong air
conditioning system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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