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Straw
Bale House Next
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| Collecting
bales from a nearby field |
Laying
the sandbag foundation |
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| Bales
protected on the sandbag foundation |
Volunteers
working on the roof |
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| Plastering
the straw bale walls with a clay straw mix |
straw
bales as a substrate for a living roof |
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| The
interior with curved doors made by a local craftsman |
Plastered
walls and a straw bale roof ready for planting |
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Preparing
the floor |
Working
on the hob shelf |
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Starting
to lay daub on the wattle hob |
The
hob well on its way |
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Collecting
material for wattle |
Taking
clay mix in to the team plastering |
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The
bathroom stained glass window |
Some
of the local wild life |
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Taking
a delivery of stone for the foundations |
Relaxing
at the end of a long day with a sing-song |
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in
the dining room |
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shelves
sculpted by a volunteer |
candle
niches sculpted by a volunteer |
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the
straw bale green roof is left to its own devices, slowly in years
to come the native plants will seed themselves, forming a stable
ecosystem. |
the
green roof forming an excellent insulation layer through the cold
Polish winters |
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The
chimney made out of brick, then covered with sculpted straw-clay,
and capped with stone |
happy
people in a happy house |
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The
house on a lovely day in the summer of 2010 |
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