Reason of the travel:
- to find a place for a second STEP Training during winter time 2023 in Algarve (Castro Marim) – successful
- to help people building straw bale houses in Portugal
- to establish a building/restauration team (with alvara)
- to buy a plot of land for a first straw bale house project
- to look for places for an eco-community
Travel Austria-Germany-France-Spain-Portugal: Station – Biarritz, France
Travel: Station – Bilbao (Guggenheim Museum), Spain
Architect: Frank Gehry
Building Style: Deconstructivism, Modern Architecture, Expressionism
Architectural Offices: Frank Gehry, Gehry Partners, LLP
Station 2: Porto (AirBNB Skarf Boat)
Station 3: Cascais/Sintra (Area Lisbon): typical roof-tiles, first Meeting with Karsten Barth, Roger Peak (wants to build a small farm – Quinta, 100m2 on a 2-5ha land) and Catarina Pinto, Architect (Terrapalha), who wants to build a 3storey partly SB-house in Sintra (maybe just 1 storey in straw bale)
Mike’s Photos:
Station 4: South of Lisbon/Azeitao – Meeting with Sofia/Juan
Sofia and Juan (2 children, age 11/14) want to build a 6x10m straw bale community house with hip roof on pillars (60m2) in May/June and later a 150m2 SB private house on „ruins“
Station 5: South of Lisbon, coast area
Station 6: Karstens plot of land with ruins
Station 7: Tamera, Meeting with Christoph, photo: Wikipedia
Mike’s Photos Tamera:
Station 8: area near Spanish border, visit of land with ruin (house too small)
Station 9: Meeting with Rosa, her brother and architects Pedro Melo, Pedro Quintino Rogato in Quinta da Fornalha, São Bartolomeu do Sul, Castro Marim (Link), 3,6km from the coast/beach in Castro Marim, Algarve
Possibility to offer STEP Trainings Jan-March 2023 and following years, 10 rooms with bathroom, each with 3 beds, kitchen
Station 10: Beach in Castro Marim (3,6km from Quinta de Fornalha)
Station 11: Area Odeleite (Rosa’s recommendation for land with ruins), but too shady for winter
Station 12: Beach in Cabanes de Tavira (looking for land and most beautiful coast)
Station 13: Foz de Odeleite – looking for land to build an eco-community
Station 14: Botelhas, Castro Marim, ca. 10km from coast, 6km from Rosa (looking for land for eco-community)
Location-Link
(possible building area: 2000m2)
(possible building area: 440m2)
Location-Link
hilly, more photos: Mischa
Location-Link
Photos see gallery below,
contact: Peter
Station 15: Algarve South Coast – Albufeira – Lagos – Sagres
Lagos, Algarve, South coast
Station 16: Carrepateira, west coast
Station 17: Obidos, Casa 40th – Music Wood House (AirBNB)