low cost housing

1. CASE STUDY:HOME FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
By:-SHOURYA PURI
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

2. TOPIC
STRAWBALE HOUSE
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4. STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION
• Uses bales of straw commonly wheat,
rice, rye and oats straw as structural
elements, building insulation, or both.
• Natural building.
• Sustainable method construction.
• Low cost.
• Energy efficiency of thick, super-insulated
walls.
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5. MATERIAL
• Baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye,
rice and others.
• Walls covered by earthen or lime stucco.
• Straw bale are traditionally a waste
product which farmers do not till under the
soil, but do sell as animal bedding or
landscape supply due to their durable
nature
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6. ADVANTAGES
• Easy to build.
• Renewable nature of
straw.
• Low cost.
• Easy availability.
• Naturally fire-
retardant.
• High insulation value.
• Low cost alternative
for building highly
insulating walls.
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7. FEATURES
• Building walls with
straw bales can be
accomplished with
unskilled labour.
• Low costs of the bales
make this technique
economically attractive.
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8. • Earthen plaster taken from site soil,
applied by the owner/builder, and
maintained by the owner is quite
inexpensive,
• Mixture of clay and straw can be used to
fill any voids before the wire mesh is
attached
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9. PLASTER
• Earthen and lime
plaster are two
natural alternatives
• Cement-based stucco
is another popular
option.
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10. THANK YOU
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