Bamboo Architecture Biennale
May 27, 2017 8:53 AM Subscribe
Cutting-edge structures in a small Chinese village illustrate the beauty and strength of bamboo, just as China is moving away from this sustainable material.
So pretty! That it's sustainable is the green cherry on the top. Shame it's usually too soft for flooring.
Crazy how different civilization would be without grasses. No wheat, oats, eye, corn, hops, or bamboo.
posted by leotrotsky at 9:02 AM on May 27, 2017
Crazy how different civilization would be without grasses. No wheat, oats, eye, corn, hops, or bamboo.
posted by leotrotsky at 9:02 AM on May 27, 2017
...just as China is moving away from this sustainable material.
I bet this changes as China modernizes; focusing on local materials fits in nicely with their nationalist tendencies and cultural pride. It's building with Chinese characteristics!
posted by leotrotsky at 9:06 AM on May 27, 2017 [3 favorites]
I bet this changes as China modernizes; focusing on local materials fits in nicely with their nationalist tendencies and cultural pride. It's building with Chinese characteristics!
posted by leotrotsky at 9:06 AM on May 27, 2017 [3 favorites]
God those are beautiful. This looks a lot like the structures here as well. I'm jealous there's not more education and usage of this wonderful, ecofriendly material here in the US.
posted by RolandOfEld at 9:38 AM on May 27, 2017
posted by RolandOfEld at 9:38 AM on May 27, 2017
I love the bridge. Bamboo looks like the last word in sustainable materials - it grows so quickly it's hard to keep under control.
posted by Azara at 10:38 AM on May 27, 2017
posted by Azara at 10:38 AM on May 27, 2017
Lots of illustrations look like renders - I wonder how much of this is actually there. It is a great project, though. And bamboo can grow everywhere (almost), so just start growing!
posted by mumimor at 10:51 AM on May 27, 2017
posted by mumimor at 10:51 AM on May 27, 2017
Lots of illustrations look like renders - I wonder how much of this is actually there.
I was wondering the same thing. To my uneducated eye, it looked like a mix of photos and renderings, but I wasn't sure.
posted by Dip Flash at 10:57 AM on May 27, 2017
I was wondering the same thing. To my uneducated eye, it looked like a mix of photos and renderings, but I wasn't sure.
posted by Dip Flash at 10:57 AM on May 27, 2017
I wonder how much of this is actually there.
Some drone footage from the site.
Not sure when it was filmed; looking at various web and facebook pages in various stages of bitrot, the first biennale appears to have been held at some point between late 2013 and last year, if it's been held at all.
posted by effbot at 11:34 AM on May 27, 2017
Some drone footage from the site.
Not sure when it was filmed; looking at various web and facebook pages in various stages of bitrot, the first biennale appears to have been held at some point between late 2013 and last year, if it's been held at all.
posted by effbot at 11:34 AM on May 27, 2017
Avery Island has been cultivating structural bamboos in the US.
posted by eustatic at 11:52 AM on May 27, 2017
posted by eustatic at 11:52 AM on May 27, 2017
at some point between late 2013 and last year
Ok, Heringer's site says it opened in September 2016, and that the hostels she designed were completed shortly before that. Here's her project page.
posted by effbot at 6:29 AM on May 28, 2017
Ok, Heringer's site says it opened in September 2016, and that the hostels she designed were completed shortly before that. Here's her project page.
posted by effbot at 6:29 AM on May 28, 2017
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