BAMBOOS DESIGN - Bamboo architecture may well seem to be some sort of exotic form of field, especially in the Western context. And it is a fact that detailed literature about bamboo in modern architecture is hard to come by. But to put things into perspective, the bamboo industry (including small goods, fabric, etc) is expected to be worth $25 billion by the year 2012. Moreover the cultures of East Asia and the South Pacific have traditionally shown affinity for bamboo as a construction material. Now equating that with its being one of fastest growing plants in the world, and having high tensile strength (actually more than many alloys of steel), we certainly have a great future ahead with bamboo construction.
At the first instance they may seem like ‘visually appealing’ alien tripods, harvesting our resources. But believe me when I say there is clearly conscientious touch to the conception. Designer Ming Tang has conceived of these unique structures made from a latticework of light bamboo poles. Supposed inspired (or rather instigated by the recent Sichuan earthquake), the designer thought of these sustainable structures that could be folded and opened up just as easily, to act as temporary shelters for victims of any natural disasters.
Ming Tang's wonderful origami-enlivened Folded Bamboo Houses are proposed to be utilized as brief sanctuaries as a part of the outcome of a quake. Splendid in their straightforwardness, the geometric sanctuaries are developed from renewable materials and can be collapsed into a mixture of basically solid shapes. Their rich configuration was as of late respected as a prominent say in the current year's Re:Construct rivalry supported by San Francisco's Urban Re:Vision
Ming Tang concocted the thought for his Folding Houses after a greatness 7.9 tremor struck focal China last May, slaughtering 69,000 individuals. After discovering that the Chinese government wanted to make up to 1.5 million brief homes, he chose to plan a sanctuary that was effortlessly delivered, shabby and earth well disposed. His geometric collapsing houses are delightful, dynamic, and can adjust to react to the needs of diverse circumstances.
The idea uses an arrangement of bamboo posts that are preassembled into inflexible geometric shapes. The geometry of these structures gives every structure's respectability, permitting a scope of lightweight particular structures to be immediately gathered in processing plants and transported to their destination. Once developed, the sanctuaries are then secured by utilizing post and preconsumer reused paper.
At the first instance they may seem like ‘visually appealing’ alien tripods, harvesting our resources. But believe me when I say there is clearly conscientious touch to the conception. Designer Ming Tang has conceived of these unique structures made from a latticework of light bamboo poles. Supposed inspired (or rather instigated by the recent Sichuan earthquake), the designer thought of these sustainable structures that could be folded and opened up just as easily, to act as temporary shelters for victims of any natural disasters.
Ming Tang's wonderful origami-enlivened Folded Bamboo Houses are proposed to be utilized as brief sanctuaries as a part of the outcome of a quake. Splendid in their straightforwardness, the geometric sanctuaries are developed from renewable materials and can be collapsed into a mixture of basically solid shapes. Their rich configuration was as of late respected as a prominent say in the current year's Re:Construct rivalry supported by San Francisco's Urban Re:Vision
Ming Tang concocted the thought for his Folding Houses after a greatness 7.9 tremor struck focal China last May, slaughtering 69,000 individuals. After discovering that the Chinese government wanted to make up to 1.5 million brief homes, he chose to plan a sanctuary that was effortlessly delivered, shabby and earth well disposed. His geometric collapsing houses are delightful, dynamic, and can adjust to react to the needs of diverse circumstances.
The idea uses an arrangement of bamboo posts that are preassembled into inflexible geometric shapes. The geometry of these structures gives every structure's respectability, permitting a scope of lightweight particular structures to be immediately gathered in processing plants and transported to their destination. Once developed, the sanctuaries are then secured by utilizing post and preconsumer reused paper.