Building the MFWF Greenhouse
By georgina On February 18, 2012
Construction of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival – Greenhouse by Joost has commenced at Queensbridge Square, Melbourne. Day 1: The containers are delivered and positioned on site. The containers have been pre-fitted with the Greenhouse kitchens. The buildings frame…
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CSIRO – Straw Vs. Fire
By By Joost Team On February 16, 2012
Merrin Fabre from CSIRO news blog says, “In the fight between straw and fire, what do you think would come out on top? Yesterday our fire scientists found out when they tried to burn down a house made of straw…….
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CSIRO Bushfire Testing
By By Joost Team On February 15, 2012
Joost and his building team, headed up by Ivo Baldari, recently constructed a purpose-built house, using Joost’s unique building system (A 100% recyclable steel frame structure, using strawbales as insulation and MGO board cladding) at the CSIRO fire testing facility…
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All he is saying, is give pee a chance
By By Joost Team On January 30, 2012
From The Sunday Age, January 29, 2012 by Garry Tippet How the waste was won – a new pop-up restaurant for the Melbourne Food and Wine festival, which combines art, food and ecology, is about creating a sustainable world. NO…
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MFWF ♥’s Greenhouse by Joost
By By Joost Team On January 29, 2012
To celebrate the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival’s 20th year, Greenhouse by Joost will ‘pop up’ on the banks of the Yarra River for 20 days from the 2nd to the 20th of March. Event info at Melbourne Food &…
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We Build with Straw
By By Joost Team On January 28, 2012
All Greenhouse by Joost structures are insulated with locally sourced straw bales that are wedged into the walls, floor and ceiling; providing an R-rating of 7 or more (an R-rating is a measure of thermal resistance). The roll formed steel frame is…
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Joost at Design Files Open House
By Greenhouse Team On November 28, 2011
Joost is proud to be part of a unique pop up shop – The Design Files Open House, for one week in December they will be transforming a stunning residential home in Fitzroy, Melbourne, to create a temporary retail event…
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Joost speaks at Picnic Festival Amsterdam 2011
By By Joost Team On October 27, 2011
In October 2011, Joost was invited to share the Greenhouse by Joost concepts, as guest speaker at PICNIC, an annual creative conference held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. PICNIC is about innovative ideas for business, people and society. It is a…
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An update from Joost!
By Greenhouse Team On June 15, 2011
Hi everyone! Thankyou to all the supporters of the Greenhouse by Joost while we were in Sydney earlier this year. I was actually sleeping on the floor of the Greenhouse for 6 weeks – and after packing up at the…
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Greenhouse lunch in pictures, courtesy Earl Carter, photographer
By Greenhouse Team On June 13, 2011