[GSBN] Something of interest from Italy

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A bit more that is related to Laura Bartels' recent thread here...and more than that...

Looking at the Facebook page of the person who posted the Italian article led me to this Facebook page... 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/APPROCHE-Paille-Technique-du-GREB/506021846125735

The cover photo is of a wall system that has flat framing on each side of the bales and what looks like OSB on each side, and looking at this photo from a sequence on the website indicates that it's a slipforming technique for applying plaster. 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508248749236378&set=pb.506021846125735.-2207520000.1368029501.&type=3&theater
 
And that led me to this site, making me wonder if members of GSBN already are familar with this and I've just been out of the loop too much... The Association for the Promotion and Construction of Ecological Houses of Straw  http://www.approchepaille.fr

David - still stuck in the world of codes - Eisenberg


 

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Subject: [GSBN] Something of interest from Italy




Came across this just now and thought I'd share it:
http://www.filodipaglia.com/filo-di-paglia-alla-fiera-cibi-ditalia-milano/



Here's an online translation into English:


Wire Straw Fair "Food of Italy", Milan
Posted on May 8, 2013 in news

Saturday 4 and Sunday, May 5, 2013 Wire Straw was present at the event "Food of Italy" held in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan. A special thanks to then Coldiretti Lombardy, who invited us to participate in this important national event dedicated to food, the environment and the territory, aimed at promoting initiatives to raise the quality of life with a focus on sustainability. Sara and Francesca have set up and managed the stand of straw, illustrating the activities of the study, presenting our plans and our current and future initiatives, and are organizing two small workshop within which we have illustrated concretely how to build a wall in straw, from the division of bales of straw, plastering. Goodbye Milan!


That last line makes me wonder if the actual translation is "Well, there goes the neighborhood!"   :->


David not so Italian Eisenberg







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