Nature-based Thermal Protection

 - Bettina Rühm

Plant based insulation materials are environmentally friendly and display building physics characteristics that allow them to compete with conventional products. Their higher prices are the only obstacle to their increased distribution.

Nature-based Thermal Protection
For this holiday home on the island of Laesø, the architecture office Tegnestuen Vandkunsten clad the roof and the facades in sheep wool nets containing seagrass. © Helene Høyer Mikkelsen