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‘Bamboo Lakou’ Wins the Architectural Association’s 2013 Foster + Partners Prize

The interior of the Lakou performs as a social and commercial space for shared utility. (Image: John Naylor)

The relative magnitude and death-toll was disproportionate to other more powerful earthquakes. (Image: John Naylor)

Image: John Naylor

The Lakous provide workshop space to engage the population beyond the forested area in the bamboo economy. (Image: John Naylor)

The forested area has an irrigation strategy which is designed for bamboo yet divides plots which can be occupied as the population increases. (Image: John Naylor)

The elongated facade provides space for bamboo and timber workshops. (Image: John Naylor)

The technical strategy of the Bamboo Lakou providing both resilience to natural threat, but a means to disseminate bamboo construction knowledge. (Image: John Naylor)

The next scale of urbanism the Lari, a collection of 5 Lakous. (Image: John Naylor)

The next scale involves 5 lakou's creating the street or 'Lari'. (Image: John Naylor)

A one hectare sample showing the Lakou's relationship to neighboring social space. (Image: John Naylor)

There are three major processes which comprise the structure. The columns, facade frame and facade panels. (Image: John Naylor)

The construction process of the Lakou. (Image: John Naylor)

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

Each process of construction has a wider engagement in providing work to the Haitian economy. (Image: John Naylor)

The facade in a hurricane. (Image: John Naylor)

The Lakou section. (Image: John Naylor)

The Lakou section. (Image: John Naylor)

The next scale involves 5 lakou's creating the street or 'Lari'. (Image: John Naylor)

The design of the Lakou begins with a occupational strategy and then is designed to provide a shaded courtyard, a seismic column organization and a hurricane resilient facade. (Image: John Naylor)

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

Image: John Naylor

The technical strategy of the Bamboo Lakou providing both resilience to natural threat, but a means to disseminate bamboo construction knowledge. (Image: John Naylor)

The technical strategy of the Bamboo Lakou providing both resilience to natural threat, but a means to disseminate bamboo construction knowledge. (Image: John Naylor)