Straw in architecture: traditions and future
Date
2017-12-23
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House
Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House
Abstract
The study has analyzed the use of natural and ecofriendly
material – straw – in construction activities. The history
of straw housebuilding, construction methods of straw,
advantages and disadvantages of straw houses were considered.
Examples of practical application of wood-straw panels, their
production technology are given. The were shown mistakes made
during the construction of tje straw house (the danger of straw
decay, mice, difficulties with hanging heavy furniture elements on
the walls, unplanned during the design of the frame, the
protection of plastered walls from wetting in the process of use)
and the methods of their removal or early prediction and
resolution. There was considered the stage construction of a
country house with straw for 50 days. The were presented foreign
and domestic examples of eco-houses with straw: their
constructive and planning solution. And also shown the
advantages of straw when comparing the characteristics of straw
and bricks in buildingmaterials systems.
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eco-friendly material – straw, straw architecture, construction methods, wood-straw panels, ecological architecture
Citation
Pivtorak Y. Straw in architecture: traditions and future / Yuliya Pivtorak, Oksana Bilinska // Litteris et Artibus : proceedings, 23–25 November, 2017. — Lviv : Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House, 2017. — P. 240–246. — (8th International academic conference «Geodesy, architecture & construction 2017» (GAC-2017)).