BAMBOO & THE BLUE ECONOMY
Principals & Case studies CRU! Architects – Tomorrowbrands 2015
ARCHITECTURE OF THE FUTURE
Before going to BlueWhat’s wrong with Green?
• Energy = ecology?
• Is passive building dangerous and a-social? • New buildings > 30km from work? PUR isolation = unhealthy ?
• Conventional materials and technologies; contributing to energy saving and ecology in the 21st Century?
GreenExpensiveSubsidizedTaxesCut costsShortage of resources
• Clean globalized => not related to local identity-architecture
GreenExpensiveSubsidizedTaxesCut costsShortage of resources
BlueInnovativeCompetitiveJobsMore ValueAbondance of physical resourcesLearning from nature’s principals
Blue in architecture:systems design (Luigi Bistagnino)7 streams: Human, Matter, Air, Energy, Light, Water, Sound
Less bad is no good
The starbucks example: problem becomes multiple solutions
Follow nature’s example and realise waste’s potentialMultiple BenefitsMultiple Income Streams
• BlueInnovativeCompetitiveJobsMore Value
Vortex; fishing, cooling, puriyfingLearning from nature: biomimicry
Biomimicry in architecture
Expo Hannover 2000
BAMBOO = STEEL OF THE FUTURE
FOR ARCHITECTURE OF THE FUTURE
Simon Vélez
John Hardy
Vo Trong Nghia
FULL CYCLE3 - 5 x CO2 (biomass)
Re- vs De-forestation
O2+H2O
Erosion
Sanitation Desertification
Durable economy
- North - South- End of life (eg charcoal)- Nothing goes to waste (eg biomass)- No natural enemies in Europe
Bamboo as building material
7x strength equal strength
4 years 15-30 years 1 ton steel=2 ton C0²
Community Centrewith class rooms, library, venue, kitchen and toilets
2004 Bamboostic projectGenerating a (blue) economy through building with bamboo
Used techniquesbamboo, taipa, adobe bricks, green roof, plastic bottle walls,..
B²-POD TAIWAN
conceptBox-in a box-in a box: no air transport on a ship
Small protected volume – large free living
Foldable design – no assembly-disassembly (skilled labour+time= cost>)
Mechanic- no electric folding = art of the bamboomaster (secret box)
Early adapters : luxurious for thinkers or frequent travelers in need of a home – no urban rules because of glorified caravans: a house like a magic box
Termite ventilation by Anders Nyquist = also biomimicry + windtowers Persia
Zebra Colors:black and white bamboo exterior
Energy: thin film + solarus + water battery
Double roof principle from vernacular-adjustable to height and windspeed: learning from and using of vernac! Telescopic arms with wheels
Levande filters
Whalepowerfan
Orientation and postion: wet areas last in winddirection
Glue laminated panels = mussel/clam – no volatiles/formaldehyde
Upscaling to community maker
Even post-disaster: assembly/disassembly possible in later stage (non-luxurious) – also possible = only shipping joints, bamboo and tools: self help with manual (a pattern language)
Why isn´t bamboo used in Europe
• Lack of knowledge, trust and good examplesimage of poor man´s timber – technical solutions not very known
• Lack of good construction codesSince 2003 international iso-norms for mecanical properties
• Lack of dimensional stability – variable materialRequires originality of the designer, letting go of fixed designmethods and knowledge of common connection techniques
Example in Ghent
Example being build in Kemzeke
Other examples
Houses for expats running a bamboo plantation in Congo
Elements to consider building in tropics.
Design principles
A mosque in bamboo and rammed earth in Morocco
City farming in a former gastower in Ghent - Tondeliersite
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