House of Straw Central Entry Export

@article{van_kempen_house_2008, abstract = {By {LYNDA} {VAN} {KEMPEN} A {STRAW-BALE} house to be built at Eamscleugh will double as the Central Otago entry in a nationwide competition to design, develop and build environmentally-friendly homes. Nine teams from tertiary institutions throughout the country have entered the Sustainable Habitat Challenge {(SHaC),} which is an Otago Polytechnic initiative. The event is funded by the Ministry for the Environment and the Central Otago project will be co-ordinated by the Otago, Polytechnic's Cromwell campus. The Central Otago team includes designers, builders, architects, sustainable building and eco-tourism advisers. Co-ordinator Jude Faircloth said the group met on Friday to brainstorm various aspects of its entry. The head of the polytechnic's Centre for Sustainable Practice at Cromwell, Steve Henry, said the group had earlier advertised, seeking someone who wanted "to be a guinea pig". Sampsa Kiuru, who planned to build a home at Eamscleugh, near Oyde, had offered to let his home be the focus. {"My} motivation was to build a good, nice sustainable house and try out some techniques that I think are very usable," Me Kiuru said. {"At} the end of the day we're not building a model house, we're building a private dwelling, not a showpiece," Me Henry said. Me Kiuru had decided to build a straw bale home, with Sarah Johnston, of Geraldine, as the architectural designer and Chris Naylor, of Oyde, as the builder. The project must be completed by the end of October next year to meet the competition criteria and polytechnic students will help with the design, the construction and landscaping, where possible, Me Henry said. The whole process will be documented on the Shac website (www.shac.org.nz) and people reading were welcome to comment. Me Kiuru wanted his home to have minimal impact on the environment and natural materials would be used Solar energy would be used for heating. He hoped to apply to the Central Otago District Cowlcil for resource consent by the end of November. Me Henry said the project was a collaborative effort between the tertiary students based in Central Otago and the communities of Alexandra, Cromwell, Queenstown and Wanaka.}, author = {van Kempen, Lynda}, citeulike-article-id = {3738889}, journal = {The Central Otago News, Central Otago}, keywords = {central, file-import-08-12-03, otago, team}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-12-03 04:39:42}, priority = {2}, title = {House of Straw Central Entry}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - van_kempen_house_2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3738889 N2 - By {LYNDA} {VAN} {KEMPEN} A {STRAW-BALE} house to be built at Eamscleugh will double as the Central Otago entry in a nationwide competition to design, develop and build environmentally-friendly homes. Nine teams from tertiary institutions throughout the country have entered the Sustainable Habitat Challenge {(SHaC),} which is an Otago Polytechnic initiative. The event is funded by the Ministry for the Environment and the Central Otago project will be co-ordinated by the Otago, Polytechnic's Cromwell campus. The Central Otago team includes designers, builders, architects, sustainable building and eco-tourism advisers. Co-ordinator Jude Faircloth said the group met on Friday to brainstorm various aspects of its entry. The head of the polytechnic's Centre for Sustainable Practice at Cromwell, Steve Henry, said the group had earlier advertised, seeking someone who wanted "to be a guinea pig". Sampsa Kiuru, who planned to build a home at Eamscleugh, near Oyde, had offered to let his home be the focus. {"My} motivation was to build a good, nice sustainable house and try out some techniques that I think are very usable," Me Kiuru said. {"At} the end of the day we're not building a model house, we're building a private dwelling, not a showpiece," Me Henry said. Me Kiuru had decided to build a straw bale home, with Sarah Johnston, of Geraldine, as the architectural designer and Chris Naylor, of Oyde, as the builder. The project must be completed by the end of October next year to meet the competition criteria and polytechnic students will help with the design, the construction and landscaping, where possible, Me Henry said. The whole process will be documented on the Shac website (www.shac.org.nz) and people reading were welcome to comment. Me Kiuru wanted his home to have minimal impact on the environment and natural materials would be used Solar energy would be used for heating. He hoped to apply to the Central Otago District Cowlcil for resource consent by the end of November. Me Henry said the project was a collaborative effort between the tertiary students based in Central Otago and the communities of Alexandra, Cromwell, Queenstown and Wanaka. JF - The Central Otago News, Central Otago TI - House of Straw Central Entry KW - central KW - file-import-08-12-03 KW - otago KW - team AU - van Kempen, Lynda PY - 2008/July// ER -