Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: straw bale and co-housing

[Roger Diggle (diggle]

On 12/9/94 at 10:48 PM, cohousing-l [at] uci.com wrote:

> I've just joined this mailist and also recently been asked by a
> person interested in local co-housing group - "Are there any
> cohousing communities building straw bale housing?"  I know I've
> heard mention of interest in this in the past, but I have no
> knowledge of specific cases of this.  I am very knowledgeable about
> straw bale construction, having led numerous workshops and
> wall-raisings, written extensively on this subject and been involved
> in both testing and code issues in the SW US.  I am also interested
> in cohousing, as well as other things such as sustainable
> development, and appropriate technology.  I'm in Tucson, AZ and
> would be glad to share my expertise with the cohousing community. 
> Thanks - David Eisenberg (strawnet [at] aol.com)

One of the architects here in Madison WI who has been instrumental
in getting cohousing started in this area is Lou Host-Jablonski of
Design Coalition.  He is very interested in straw-clay wall construction
and has recently built an addition on his own house to serve as a test
case for the local code authorities and a demonstration project.
Lou can be reached @ Design Coalition, 2088 Atwood Ave,
Madison WI   53704    (608) 246-8846

Roger Diggle   Porchlight CoHousing Group

The new robots are doing a great job in our redesigned manufacturing
facility.  Gee, maybe if we paid them a small wage, they'd buy some of our
products...

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