Next Straw Bale Workshops: How you can join us

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If you are interested in a workshop or course, please send an email to asbn@baubiologie.at

Straw Construction Workshops: Autumn 2025, STEP 2026

Straw bale infill workshop: expected to take place from 24 to 28 September 2025
Location: Sistrans near Innsbruck in Tyrol, Austria (DE/EN), [INFO]. Straw bale infill workshop on site in roof and walls. Start: Wed 12:00, End: Su 17:00
Registration: € 150/80 for students & unemployed, incl. accommodation and meals (shared room)

Plastering preparation workshop: Sept 30 – Oct 4 2025 [INFO]
Location: Sistrans near Innsbruck in Tyrol, Austria (DE/EN). Workshop Plaster Preparation (reed stucco, soft fibre boards, raw electrical wiring, installations, window insulation with hemp, start: Tue 12:00
Registration: € 150/80 for students & unemployed, incl. accommodation and meals (shared room)

Clay and lime plaster workshops: Oct 6 – 24, 2025
Sistrans near Innsbruck in Tyrol, AT (DE/EN) [INFO]
Oct 6 and/or – 13: Clay and lime plasters, starts Mo 12:00
Oct 21 – 24: Fine clay plaster, starts Tue 12:00, ends Fri 17:00: Registration for the entire period or 4-5 days possible
Registration: € 150/80 for students & unemployed, incl. accommodation and meals (shared room)


Preview: 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]


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)