Heemland Bouw
NATURAL BUILDING
LATEST PROJECTS
Slot Roggebot - Landgoed Roggebotstaete
For this public strawbale building I started as a roofer salvaging materials from a school that was getting demolished after which I joined the construction team. I installed the cedar shingle roof, which was a bit tricky figuring out the pattern considering all the different roof pitches. Afterwards, I worked on the inside, builing the strawbale walls, hempcrete filling the corners and clay plastering and did some allround carpentry like installing windows and sills. I also held a clay plaster workshop, lots of fun!
Clay Oven Mass Heater
The oven was built by kachelbouwer. I finished it with browncoat, mesh, finish plaster.
Hemp-crete House
Project of Ecobouw Salland in Oosterwold. I got shortly involved for hempcrete.
Ecosystem Restoration Camp Strawbale Bunkhouse
Together with my Dutch Builders Collective, consisting of amazing skilled and idealistic craftsmen we decided to bundle our forces and give this ecosystem restoration project a big boost. We built this strawbale bunkhouse at superfast speed, ran all our tools on solar and created the capacity for the organization to host volunteers needed for land restoration work. It was a cartire foundation. Check this video: https://fb.watch/79hWxmtih6/
Community Rebuilds Strawbale Bunk House
Two story stick frame strawbale house completed in 2019, I was involved start to finish. The bunk house measures a floor area of 280 m², has a timber-framed porch wrapping around the perimeter and two exterior staircases. The building will house 16 persons and is equipped with a large kitchen, pantry, livingroom, laundryroom, library, two phone booths/study rooms, 5 bathrooms and 8 bedrooms. (hoover over images for details)
Shed Roof Strawbale House
For this project I came in to work on the exterior lime plaster. While orginally a clay plaster finish was planned, the home-owners decided to shift to a lime finish due to the weather dynamics of that particular site (occasional strong rains from the side)
Community Rebuilds Green House
Stick-built passive solar strawbale house is located in Moab, Utah. I was in from foundation till finish. For the interior walls a mix of systems were used such as lath and plaster, cob/pallet and drywall. Lime and clay plasters were used and tadelakt in the showers. The house is equiped with solartubes, minisplit, greywater system and solar panels. It has a concrete perimeter foundation with slab due to flood risk requirements. (hoover over images for details)
Community Rebuilds Red House
This stick-built passive solar strawbale house was built in 2017. I was involved from foundation to finish. A mix of systems were used for interior walls such as cob, light clay-straw and drywall. Lime and clay plasters were used and tadelakt in the showers. The house is equiped with solartubes, minisplit, greywater system, and solar panels. It has a concrete perimeter foundation with adobe floor and was code approved. (hoover over images for details)
Off-grid Strawbale House with integrated green house
After completing my first two strawbale houses I was eager to build more! Together with a few crewmembers we went to help finish a house for Hopi Tutskwa Permacutlure Institute, CR's partnering organisation. The house has a passive solar design, trombe wall and integrated greenhouse and is completely off-grid. We also used sandstone from a nearby quarry.
Shed Roof Strawbale House
Brown coat and plaster job for owner-builder.
Experimental Cob Shed
I helped out on this experimental build of a friend. The build doesn't follow any logic other then the permaculture view that stresses that waste is an unused resource. The shed is for the most part composed out of cob with newspaper pulp and arundo bundles, which is an invasive reed. Milk jugs filled with trash were burried in the walls that would otherwise end up in the land fill.
Cobhouse
This cobhouse was executed by the Mudgirls, a woman's natural building collective. In the intial building phase I worked as a laborer, mixing the cob and lifting the cobwalls. The cob was mixed with a rototiller, something new to me although I prefer a mortarmixer.
