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The of hemp-straw-bales

house made out

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what does it represent? Our example of “agritecture”.

We can also built houses at Km=0,

how?

If you want to build an hemp house...

...contact a farmer close to the construction site, ask him to grow hemp and once it is ready to be harvested, ask him to make little square bales (20 kg)

Built a structural wooden frame...

And use hemp-straw-bales to put up the walls and ceiling

Plaster all over with lime and hemp

install elecrical and hydraulic systems, solar panel systems on the roof windows and door and

it’s done!

What’s so special about it?

Anyone could build it, building costs are drastically reduced, it should provide excellent insulation. This would help tu reduce both development costs and greenhouse gas emission, so as to make the building both economically and ethically sustainable.

It is closely linked to the territory, it has virtually no environmental impact; it provides a business alternative to farmers and new job opportunities in the form of new building skills.