We are pleased to share our exhibit focused on the architectural potentials of straw as a structural insulation, on display until January 5, 2024 at Keller Gallery MIT School of Architecture and Planning. This exhibition is comprised of three parts: First is LTL’s new publication, Manual of Biogenic House Sections, of which straw is one of the ten chapters. Second are three small houses and two early childhood education buildings designed by LTL Architects that use jumbo straw bales as a catalyst for the building’s form, organization and spatial qualities. Third are straw experiments. Over the past six months, LTL has been testing different means to compress and bind straw into a building material to achieve both insulative and structural capacities simultaneously.
