EcoCocon Stories

As 2025 approaches, we reflect on a remarkable year for EcoCocon and green construction. Our key highlight was the grand opening of our new fully automated production facility in Voderady this September - a pivotal moment that sets the stage for a new era for natural building materials.

Small and large, modest and lavish, residential or commercial. All with one thing in common – a golden coat of insulating stalks. At EcoCocon, we've never lacked variety in our projects. Month after month we shine a spotlight through our social media on interesting straw buildings growing all over Europe and the United States.

This is the story of an EcoCocon villa on the island of Barösund in Finland's scenic Ingå archipelago. Once on the verge of collapse, it has been transformed into a sustainable, comfortable home.

Juraj Mikurcik is an architect with a great passion for sustainable Passive Houses, which are built with healthy, renewable materials. Five years ago, he embarked on his own personal journey, building the very first EcoCocon home in the UK.