Constrawtium at The Big Green Fair

September 27, 2019

This Sunday 29th September, 11am – 4pm , SBUK Director Mary Rawlinson is at the Big Green Fair

Mary is representing the Constrawtium group, which is a consortium of UK natural material builders enabled by the INTERREG/UPSTRAW initiative

The INTERREG/UPSTRAW deal promotes straw buildings to the public sector and Constrawtium are building the new Visitors’ Centre in Hastings, in association with Hastings Borough Council as part of this

She will be in the Stade Hall, Stade Space (the outside area between Stade Hall and the Jerwood Gallery and the Shipwreck Museum) between 11am – 3pm

Drop in and ask about the plans for this exciting UPSTRAW project

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