The Three Little Pigs...

Who would of thought that something such as a kids story could be inspiration...

The 3 little pigs story, they have used the forms of construction that could be used throughout our design.

First of all the straw house, we could straw bales as a main building block for the building construction, a very sustainable construction technique with very good insulation values this is something that will be considered… although it may be blown down by the big bad wolf…

You then have the wooden house. Timber can be a major part of our construction for East Bridgford Hill. A timber frame can be erected quickly and with a small unskilled labour force. Straw bales can be inserted and form the skin of the building, which again only requires an unskilled labour force.

Lastly, you have the brick house. Although this is the strongest of the three, we won’t be looking to use this material as it does not have a high U-value when compared to straw bales, and also the construction of bricks requires quite a skilled labour force to construct. We will however be using a similar ingredient in the way brick build are constructed in the way that we will be using a lime render to coat the building in. The main advantage of a lime render is that it will allow the building and the straw to breathe.

So there you have it, some well learnt knowledge through one of the oldest child’s stories.



Team W.I.N.