S T R O H B A L L E N B A U T A G E - 2025
On October 23 and 24, 2025, the Straw Bale Days will take place in Dresden with information about building with straw bales. On the first day, participants will be offered an excursion to the shell of a load-bearing straw bale house in Bockelwitz.
You can expect two inspiring days with practical insights, exciting presentations on current projects, insights into the implementation of load-bearing straw bale construction and an excursion to the straw construction site.
Organizer:
fasba - Fachverband für Strohballenbau e.V.
Thüringer Landesamt für Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum
TU Dresden
Z·Architektur
Hochschulgruppen: NAG und IG BAU
Prices:
Regular: 280,- € (from 21.8.25: 330,- €)
Reduced: 45,- € (from 21.8.25: 65,-€)
Excursion and refreshments during breaks with coffee and snacks, non-alcoholic drinks and lunch are included in the price. Drinks and lunch are included in the price.
The number of participants is limited - it pays to be quick!
Registration: (will be updated)
Venue:
Institute for Wood Technology Dresden non-profit GmbH (IHD)
Zellescher Weg 24
01217 Dresden
Program:
THURSDAY 23.10.2025
Start: 9.00 a.m. WELCOME - OPENING
Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Temann
Chamber of Engineers Saxony
Prof. Dr. Steffen Tobisch
Head of the Institute for Wood Technology Dresden gGmbH
Florian Hoppe
Chairman of the Association for Straw Bale Construction
9.30 Dr. Friederike Naegli de Torres
DBFZ
Potential and use of straw
10.15 Andreas Keller
Keller GmbH and Co. KG
Straw utilization from practice
Coffee break 15 min
11.15 Anna Dienberg
Project presentation public building
12.00 Virko Kade
Straw bale builder and guest lecturer FH Salzburg (A)
Lunch 12.45 p.m.
EXCURSION
Departure: 14.15 -> Bockelwitz, Dorfstraße 3, ROHBAU LASTTRAGENDES STROHBALLENHAUS
15.30 Florian Hoppe
Board of Directors FASBA e.V.
Sarah Hoppe / Alexandra Schenker
Primus Z-Architecture
Coffee & cake
Return journey to Dresden: 17.00
19.00 FINAL
Open discussions with all participants, Advisors
FRIDAY 24.10.2025
Start: 9.00 a.m. WELCOME - OPENING
9.15 Marc Jacot
Carpenter
Straw bales in the building gap
9.45 Werner Schmidt
Atelier Schmidt, (CH)
Built examples
Coffee break 15 min
11.00 M. Sc. Katharina Elert
Bauhaus University Weimar, project management StrohGold
lternative load-bearing straw building material
11.30 Dr.-Ing. Anett Werner
Head of Enzyme Technology TU Dresden
Mycelium building boards
12.00 M.Sc. Leonie Gleiser
Research at IFB
Sustainable building material design
Lunch snack 12.30
13.15 Dipl. Ing. Christopher Taube
Bauhaus University Weimar, MFPA Weimar
Load bearing behavior
End: approx. 15.00