2024-11-21T15:35:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/135648126/a-bamboo-skyscraper-fosters-public-life Julia Ingalls 2015-09-01T14:20:00-04:00 >2015-09-05T08:15:03-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hp/hp45n92ofqtv5hwy.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A shortlisted finalist in the 2015 <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/126383916/the-oscars-of-architecture-world-architecture-festival-opens-call-for-entries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Architecture&nbsp;Festival</a> awards, <a href="http://archinect.com/crgarchitects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CRG Architects</a>' Bamboo Skyscraper is not only noteworthy for its unusual choice of material, but its vision of what constitutes a <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/13491/skyscraper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skyscraper</a>. Instead of focusing on a single prominent tower, the design is a cluster of gradually rising volumes that interconnect and share a central vertical core. Stainless steel is used for joint material between the high-tensile-strength <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/60509/bamboo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bamboo</a> tubes, while <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/79033/beijing-cubism-how-etfe-revolutionized-the-bubble" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EFTE</a> is used for the facade.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/6a/6a57ekxlmq6so04c.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1w/1werj48f14ljdbcg.jpg"></p><p>Sustainability drove the initial design concept, as did a desire for fostering greater public space and communal interactions within the cluster. According to a statement by CRG, "It is up to artists, designers and architects to find an answer to the question how current technology can breathe new life into the urban environment and into public domain."</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/3x/3x0d8yjecz3wths6.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ly/lyba1fcw7ocxa1q3.jpg"></p><p>The 247,000 square meter complex, which boasts office, entertainment, and hotel/residential spaces, also has a helix slope for bicycle access.</p>