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
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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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