Sustainable Construction

When people think about building with natural materials like straw, one of the first questions is often: what about moisture? At EcoCocon, moisture protection isn’t an afterthought — it’s built into every step of our process, from the field where the straw is harvested to the finished building years later. Here’s how we make sure our straw panels stay dry, strong, and durable.

You might think the humble straw wall panels are only suitable for small projects such as extensions or individual houses, but the possibilities are much more exciting. Let’s have a closer look at how our panels can be used in applications of different scales, such as apartment blocks, industrial buildings, sports facilities and schools to name but a few.

Like chefs, architects have a difficult choice to make when starting a new project — what ingredients should the building be made of? Today’s landscape of conventional construction is teeming with hundreds of types and combinations of industrially produced materials. Each has different properties, making them more or less suitable for specific use cases.

Is it possible we are missing the forest for the trees? Before commencing a large-scale shift to wood-based construction, it would be prudent to ask: Is it truly sustainable?