L A M A I S O N R - 4 0
THE R-40 HOUSE STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION IN THE URBAN CONTEXT
LA CONSTRUCTION EN BALLOTS DE PAILLE EN MILIEU URBAIN
Research/Design team: Julia Bourke, Simon Jones, Emmanuelle Lapointe of Julia Bourke architecte, Michel Bergeron, strawbale consultant, Jan Vrana, structural engineer
Building team: Julia Bourke, family and friends, Simon Jones, Michel Bergeron, CRIB construction and others
Principal sponsors: ACT program, CMHC, Wirsbo, Marvin Windows, Quincaillerie Richelieu, Isoboard, Toto Toilets, Jade-Dovre
j u l i a b o u r k e . a r c h i t e c t e
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L A M A I S O N R - 4 0 THE R-40 HOUSE STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION IN THE URBAN CONTEXT LA CONSTRUCTION EN BALLOTS DE PAILLE EN MILIEU URBAIN
Research/Design team: Julia Bourke, Simon Jones, Emmanuelle Lapointe of Julia Bourke architecte, Michel Bergeron, strawbale consultant, Jan Vrana, structural engineer
Building team: Julia Bourke, family and friends, Simon Jones, Michel Bergeron, CRIB construction and others
Principal sponsors: ACT program, CMHC, Wirsbo, Marvin Windows, Quincaillerie Richelieu, Isoboard, Toto Toilets, Jade-Dovre
j u l i a b o u r k e . a r c h i t e c t e
the story begins here in my backyard...
I wanted to subdivide my lot as it had been for a hundred years, and build my dream house on Lartigue Street, a cul de sac in the Quartier Centre Sud which had been all but abandoned since the 70s
Sustainable urbanism Lartigue St., 1998 - the potential of an abandoned street
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research/design/build process
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The larger context Plateau and Quartier Centre Sud Inventory of undersized blocks
Lartigue sud, Quartier Centre Sud rare example of intact traditional fabric
Argument for small lots Typical neighbourhood street with triplexes vs. traditional undersized block(Lartigue sud)
Argument for pitched roof
Inventory of pitched roofs, Quartier Centre Sud
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Inventory of existing stucco facades in Old Montreal, Centre Sud
WHY STRAWBALE? The R-40 House: Wall section Straw in floor, wall, roof
The R-40 House: plans
The R-40 House: section
The R-40 House: street faade (south-west) showing bale module
light-wood balloon frame(2x4s)
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Unloading bales
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Humidity
Strapping bales with a standard packaging tool
Bale insulated slab-on-grade
hand-mixing, ramming and stomping
Radiant hot-water heating system
R-50 Roof insulated with cellulose
Recycle, re-use
He e
Stucco: second coat
Stucco: colour tests for final coat
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Interior stucco: third coat with integral pigment
Concrete counter--affordable, sustainable
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Living roomwith exposed milk-painted ceiling joists
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Author: McGill
Email: arjb@musica.mcgill.ca
Home Page: http://www.mcgill.ca/architecture/faculty/bourke/
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