(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.
(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
Free
Open 24 Hours
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
No parking
Free
This is a drop-in event with no booking required
Organiser
University of Westminster
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