Fineline Architecture director Magdalena Garbarczyk in Nelson talks about the use of straw SIPs in building of new homes. Key to the proposal, in a joint project with Unitec Institute of Technology researcher, Min Hall, was building homes with prefabricated panels that contained straw. The prefabricated straw and timber panels could be assembled “a little bit like Lego blocks”. Hamish Stuart/Stuff Traditional use of straw in house building in Aotearoa is labour-intensive, says the author of a project proposing prefabricated straw panels. Prefabricated straw panels were being used more frequently in Europe on buildings of varying scales, she said.
