BIØN is a network of organisations active in low impact building techniques. Our aim is to share knowledge, practices and experiences to contribute to the built environment and to our communities.

September 03, 2020

BIØN² #1 Fourth week in Villasbuenas: plastering with clay and lime, placing the tiles and…celebrating !

This fourth and last week of Workshop BIØN² #1 Design&Build with Straw Bales was full of intense work, in order to be able to open the “Casita de Paja” to the local community on ...

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August 26, 2020

BIØN² #1 Third week in Villasbuenas: placing the roof slabs and starting plastering the walls

This third week of workshop started with a key step: placing the cork insulated core slabs to build the roof of the “Casita de Paja”. With the help of a crane truck, we first put a 6m long ridge beam on which we installed and ...

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August 19, 2020

BIØN²#1 Second week of the workshop: placing the straw panels onsite

With the great help of the local community to move the prefab elements to the building site (one of the advantages of a rural areas is that “almost everybody” has a tractor!), we could start this week to place the straw ...

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