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Published eight times a year, THE PLAN is one of the most highly-acclaimed, sought-out architecture and design magazines on the market. By pursuing an avowedly international approach, THE PLAN has become one of the sector’s most widely circulated and read magazines, not just in Italy but in over sixty nations around the world. THE PLAN is read by an audience of top professionals who work in architecture, design, construction and real estate, as well as university lecturers and students.
“We’re never cold in winter,” Ferembach said in French. “The kids walk around barefoot all the time, or even in their underwear.”
Ferembach says it helps that their apartment is on a middle floor, and their building is sandwiched between two others. But the coziness also owes to the unique material in their walls: “hempcrete,” a concrete-like blend made by mixing hemp hurd the woody core of the cannabis plant with water and lime. Despite the name, the material isn’t a direct substitute for concrete. But as an insulating material within walls, it holds the potential to transform the homes where we reside in ways that are healthier for people and the planet alike.