Bamboobooth 2012 – Exhibition booth

Bamboos were chosen to express Vietnamese architecture culture. To cope up with the short construction time period, bamboos are placed straightly like brickwork to create massive wall, floor and roof in a minimalist manner.

The small space, with a footprint of 3 x 8.6 metres and a height of 4.2 metres, was entirely built by stacking 500 bamboos. The choice of the material adopted as well as of the construction system were also suggested by the short time available to build up the booth: the bamboos, 8.6 metres long, were aligned and connected to one another so to form the entire envelope, walls, floor and roof, adapting their length in order to create the entrance. Shorter bamboos, cut from 60 to 80 centimetres long, were used like bricks to build the stand sides.

The Company calls it "bamboo masonry", or a quasi log house structured by bamboos. Accordingly, bamboo nails and wedges, rather than metal joint, are used for the connection. Steel wire is minimally installed to decrease the deflection of the wall and roof.

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