[GSBN] Fwd: Project - Mini Family Home

Tue Feb 26 15:54:15 UTC 2013

Hi Tim,
Thank you so much. I have forwarded to Thomas.
In my parallel life I'm undertaking an apprenticeship in your company. Just
letting you know :-).
Love, Lars

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On 26 February 2013 09:11, Tim Owen-Kennedy <timok33 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much Lars and others,
>
> There are some really great things happening in the tiny house world.
> Unfortunately some of it seems to be more interested in the smallest
> possible footprint. We are currently building a 28sq meter garden shed and
> guest house, and we are about to finish a 120sq meter house that can sleep
> up to 21. A friend is building a tiny house at our shop and will hopefully
> teach a course in it next year as well. I'm loving fitting more functions
> into less space but I've shied away from the tiny houses until now because
> I hadn't found a wall and roof system that I wanted to go into production
> with. But I think I've got something worth trying in a light frame wall
> with spray in lightweight structural insulation (mostly straw and rice
> hulls). Has anyone tried the compressed straw panels (like Stramit) for
> exterior walls? does anyone believe the R value of compressed straw as
> published?. Has anyone tried anything similar? Has anyone tried driving
> natural finishes down a dirt road with any success?
>
> Feel free to message me privately and take this conversation away from
> GSBN, I can see that this might be a stretch for this list. But I think
> that finding better ways to use less stuff in less space helps promote
> thick walled building systems when space is limited.
>
> Still sad to have missed most of you in Colorado,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Frank & Ingrid <strawbales at bigpond.com>wrote:
>
>>   Hello everyone,
>>
>> we have a lovely example of a tiny strawbale cottage, 24 square metres
>> big(small), a family of 4 lives in it – happily. Strawbale walls and first
>> coat of render were done in a working bee with us and then the lady owners
>> finished it. The blog http://pearlandelspeth.blogspot.com.au/search/label/strawbale
>> building<http://pearlandelspeth.blogspot.com.au/search/label/strawbale%20building>tells their story and has lots of photos.
>>
>> And we build a 18 square metres plus loft studio in St Georges Basin,
>> strawbale envelope with clay render, it’s on our website in the projects
>> pages.
>>
>> Best wishes, Frank & Ingrid
>>
>> Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Strawbale Construction
>> Ph: +61 (0) 2 44435282 Mobile: +61 (0) 408415806
>> strawbales at bigpond.com
>> www.strawtec.com.au
>>
>>  *From:* Lars Keller <larskeller at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, February 15, 2013 9:47 AM
>> *To:* Global Straw Building Network (private, with public archives)<GSBN at SustainableSources.com>
>> *Cc:* Thomas Birk Lynnerup <tbl at cool.dk>
>> *Subject:* [GSBN] Fwd: Project - Mini Family Home
>>
>>  My neighbour Thomas, Friland, Denmark, is working tinkering with an
>> idea I would think a lot on this list has thought about, or know someone
>> hos done so.
>> Please forward as you like.
>> Lars
>>
>> From: Thomas Birk Lynnerup <thomaslynnerup at gmail.com>
>> Date: 12 February 2013 18:13
>> Subject: Project - Mini Family Home
>>
>> I'm sending you this email, because I'm trying to find out if there
>> exists "Tiny Family Houses". Something like a 3 bedroom house, with
>> bathroom, kitchen and living room. If you know about anything like this,
>> please contact me.
>>
>> Lots of people in the US are building tiny houses (for 1 or 2 people).
>> I'm thinking, if you can build a tiny house for 1 or 2 people, only 9m2
>> big, then it must be possible to build a Mini Family home at 36m2 (maybe a
>> little bigger).
>> Tjeck out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtMpQk9Iyw
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1fFConfF-Q
>>
>> The School of architecture in Aarhus, Denmark, will make a project out of
>> my idea. We want to make a sustainable, space efficient and affordable
>> family house.
>>
>> You can tjeck out these youtube videos if you like.
>>
>> Portable, off grid mini home:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOAPe0VoK3U
>>
>>
>> French multifunctional funiture :
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBYS3ZsC-cY&feature=player_embedded
>>
>>
>> Multifunctional funiture :
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBiaFcsuGcM
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tv9dmBOCwA
>>
>>
>> IKEA
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQjBrt9LriY
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTN8EwVp7aA
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMhCjcQQ9H4
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiIQDI_3ak0
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU-Qg8kQpQM
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqBzmfkINk
>>
>> Thanks
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Small Planet / Lærkeland / Levende Huse*
>> Om vores firma ~ link <http://www.friland.org/?page_id=1837>
>> Om vores masseovne ~ link <http://www.friland.org/?page_id=1849>
>> Om vores workshops ~ link <http://www.friland.org/?page_id=710>
>>
>> *Kontakt-info*
>> skype
>> jomorandin
>> lars.friland
>>
>> jomorandin at gmail.com
>> larskeller at gmail.com
>> Home +45 8668 0505
>> Jo      +45 2390 0924 (mobile/handy)
>> Lars   +45 2024 0505 (mobile/handy)
>>
>> Jo Morandin, Jamilla, Asger & Lars Keller
>> Friland 12 B
>> 8410 Rønde
>> Danmark
>> --
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