(Be-)Longing: Co-Building a High/Low Impact Straw Bale Pavilion

Students and staff co-design a straw-bale pavilion exploring belonging through sustainable materials, collective making, and low-impact construction.

Image: Michael Burchert

(Be-)Longing: Co-Building a High/Low Impact Straw Bale Pavilion

Students and staff co-design a straw-bale pavilion exploring belonging through sustainable materials, collective making, and low-impact construction.

1st - 30th June Open Every Day

Activity Type
Installation
Free
Open 24 Hours
Audience
Built environment professionals
College and university students
Families
Local residents

Students and staff are co-designing and building a Pavilion at the University of Westminster’s Harrow Campus using straw bale, a net-positive, carbon-sequestering material that is fire-certified, low-cost, rodent- and insect-resistant, and capable of multi-storey construction.

Responding to the theme of Belonging, we explore how materials, people and place reconnect through collective making. Straw, an agricultural by-product requiring no extraction and minimal processing, regulates humidity, supports healthy indoor environments and returns to the earth at end-of-life. The pavilion will provide a space to experience straw-bale construction firsthand. Partners: Maria Kramer (Room102), Mark Rowe (less.eco), Michael Buchert (Bauwende), WebbYates Engineers, NicholasAlexander, TheStonemasonryCompany.

Location

Northwick Park

Northwick Park
HA1 3TP

The Pavilion is located at the main Forum Entrance of the university.

Nearest station:
Northwick Park

Quiet space (outside)

No parking

Image: Michael Burchert

Free

This is a drop-in event with no booking required

Organiser

University of Westminster

University of Westminster

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