bamboo

Prototype bamboo frame for emergency housing.”Scaffolding” exhibition, Center for Architecture, New York City, October 2017. Lightweight connectors were prefabricated in Sweden and shipped to US
Prototype bamboo frame for emergency housing, American Academy in Rome, 2004
Prototype bamboo frame for emergency housing, American Academy in Rome, 2005. Bamboo harvested on the grounds of the Academy


Prefabricated connector (plywood, galvanized hardware, polypropylene webbing). American Academy in Rome, 2004
Prototype bamboo frame for emergency housing, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 2003

Prefabricated connector (galvanized steel sheet and hardware, polypropylene webbing). Prototype bamboo frame for emergency housing, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 2003
Bamboo reciprocal frame/grid shell, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 2003. Using this system, one person can assemble a 8 meter x 8 meter structural frame in a few hours.
Pinwheel connector (galvanized steel sheet and hardware, butyl rubber, polypropylene webbing). Four tonkin cane poles joined together by tightening four nuts.
Bamboo reciprocal frame/grid shell, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 2003
Sketch of bamboo reciprocal-frame grid shell, 2003