Sep '08 - Nov '11
Hey there!
I've been gone for a while, but I wanted to share with you these pics I took today.
As part of a seminar/workshop about sustainability and building with bamboo, three bamboo paraboloids were built at the main courtyard (these will be used for a project in Veracruz, near the Gulf of Mexico).
This is the bamboo, a native species called guadua angustifolia.
It's real thick!
A simple joint.
Looking good...
One ready, two to go...
There!
All three of them done in about 5 hours.
PS:
They joined them yesterday!!!
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That is some big bamboo
how is working with gadua? i spec'd out some school project with that once
checa tambien el PS1 pavilion de los narchitects del 2004.... puro bamboo mano
http://www.narchitects.com/frameset-ps1.htm
check out the 2004 PS1 pavilion from NARCHITECTS too!... all bamboo dude
http://www.narchitects.com/frameset-ps1.htm
another couple of image sets of this pavilion / aqui hay otro par de sets de este pavillion:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janelle/sets/72157594229981377/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholaspappas/sets/72157601113537924/
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=narchitects+ps1&ss=2&ct=6
WOW! Great work! Really Impressive use of the material!
That one from narchitects is so cool!!
MADianito de dónde eres?
mexico-español-cubano???
jajajaja, mexicano de nacimiento
x cierto ya viendo "los joints" how god those actually worked for the object?? wasn't it better to design certain kind of connector which allowed easier assembly of the whole structure, or even more complex configurations? (en ingles cause is an open forum with a mainly english communication)
the joints were actually very simple to make and the idea was for a low-cost, easy-building prototype, for a rural community in Veracruz... But yeah, there are plenty of options with bamboo...
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HELLO, I`m Fabian, one of the workshops organizer. After the UNAM-FUNDEGUADA DE COLOBIA experience we now are designing another paraboloid for PEMEX, like 3 times more large than the UNAM one. We have a cyber space in www.colectivoespacial.com , that is in re-construction. Soon we`re gonna upload info about this work with PEMEX, and other suff. Contact us at colectivoespacial@gmail.com
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