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The First Annual International Bamboo Architectural Biennale Explores Material’s Use in Contemporary Design
Youth Hostel / Design Hotel by Anna Heringer. All images via Julien Lanoo.
Last fall the very first International Bamboo Architecture Biennale premiered in the small village of Baoxi, China, placing eighteen permanent works by twelve international architects within the traditionally agriculture-centered town. The biennale, curated by artist Ge Qiantao and architect George Kunihiro, reveals how the traditional material can be incorporated into contemporary design. The plant serves as the base to new buildings in the village including a youth hostel and a ceramics museum, which Baoxi hopes to draw tourism to through supplementary infrastructures such as a visitors building, hotel, and learning center. (via My Modern Met)
Youth Hostel / Design Hotel by Anna Heringer.
Bridge by Ge Quantao.
Bamboo product research and design center (interior) by Li Xiaodong.
Contemporary celadon ceramic museum by Kengo Kuma.
Bamboo product research and design center (interior) by Li Xiaodong.
Bamboo product research and design center (interior) by Li Xiaodong.
Bridge by Ge Quantao.
Invited ceramist workshop by Keisuke Maeda.
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