Canteen Washroom Facility Centre
Hastings Skate Park Madoc, ON.
This was Straworks first solo project. Deirdre designed the building, acted as project
manager and was the builder from foundation through to trim.
Features: load-bearing walls, local hemp bales donated
by Moorcroft Hemp Farms, rubble trench foundation, in-floor radiant heat, barrier free design,cement-lime plaster by Camel's
Back Construction, Eco-house silicate dispersion paints.
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| "Truck Stop" Window |
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| Grand Opening & Skate Competition |
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| Family Barrier Free Washroom |
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House, Cooper, ON.
Deirdre
worked for the owner-builder of this house for 3 months doing bale carpentry, general capentry, bale work and plastering.
Features: 16 sided polygon timber frame (it is almost
round) by Whippletree Post and Beam, local hemp bales from Moorcroft Hemp Farms, stone chimney using stone collected on-site
and a living roof.
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| Whipple Tree Frame: 16 sided polygon |
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| Stone Chimney |
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| Hemp Bale Walls |
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Sustainable Washroom Block
The Frink Centre Plainfield, ON.
Deirdre spent April earth plastering this building with a dedicated crew
of volunteers. Bagged clay was mixed with sand, water and bullrush fibre and put on by hand.
| Earth Plastering Work Bee |
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| Highschool Students Plastering Frenzy |
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Rain-screen Siding Installation, Aug. of 2007 Deirdre, Ed Couperus and Peter Millican installed
a rain-screen over the east wall of the Sustianable Washroom Block. This was to remedy a design flaw that left the earthen
plaster on that side exposed to driving rain. The plaster had eroded significantly since being applied just 2 years prior.
| Rainscreen Installation on East Side |
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| Detail-furing, siding, ventilation |
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