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STEP Training in Portugal (Theory & Practice, English & German)

STEP Training in Portugal: 7 January – 10 March 2026
Location: Castro Marim, Quinta da Fornalha, Portugal (DE/EN)
STEP CERTIFIED training with practical experience, 8 weeks of training with 1 week of holiday in the Algarve/Portugal. [INFO]

Look Back on our Trainings 2025:’

next Practice-Workshops in May 2026

STEP Training in Castro Marim, Portugal: Jan-March 2025 (LINK)

Intro-Workshop Straw+Clay in Ravelsbach/NÖ: May 2025

Tadelakt-Workshop in Gnesau/Carinthia: May 2025 (LINK)

StrawHenge Module-Workshop in Ravelsbach: July-Aug 2025

Intro-Workshop in Ecotopia, Sweden: May/June 2025

Buildingsite-Practice-Workshop Straw Bale-Infill Styria, Aug 2026

Buildingsite-Practice-Workshops in Sistrans/Tyrol: Sept-Oct 2026 – Montage StrawHenge-Modules – Infill – Roof construction – Plaster preparation – Raw electric– Windproofness – Clay plaster– Lime render – EPDM for green roof (Gallery-Link)

If you are interested in a workshop or course, please send an email to asbn@baubiologie.at
You can also register your interest in advance and we will inform you as soon as there are more details about a project.

Pictures of the straw bale houses in Gnesau (StrawHenge, infill, clay/lime plaster), Austria, autumn 2024

Images of the TinyHouse Oliviera in Portugal, spring 2024/2025

Images of the straw bale house (CUT construction, load-bearing) in Kessel-Elk, NL, autumn 2023

Images of the StrawHenge roundhouse and straw bale dome in Prague, CZ, summer 2023

Images of the renovation of a farmhouse including a straw bale roof in Engelsdorf, Lower Austria, 2023

Click here to view the galleries of past workshops

And here you can see pictures of the virtual construction site in Ravelsbach

The virtual construction site is the winner of the Energy Globe Award Lower Austria 2015 (category EARTH)