Designer Thibaut Deprez was uninspired by the harshness and coldness of urban architecture, which can be repetitive and lacking personality with stacks upon stacks of identical stories. His solution? To use permanent bamboo scaffoldings as a driving force to promote the revival of these buildings. Each scaffolding is fashioned to the needs and wants of the building, giving each a unique identity. The bamboo shell also allows residents to expand their dwelling outward in the form of fresh air spaces and vertical gardens.
Designer: Thibaut Deprez
Structural stability of the scaffolding? Can the scaffolding hold wind turbines, gardens, water filtration units without falling apart? What if something falls and hits a pedestrian?
How much bamboo would be ripped from forests to create such structures? I feel the environmental impact would be pretty large. Like most designs these days, a great concept, but concept only.
Um, most interesting design concept for low-to-midrise buildings. But a word of caution. Just one word … FIRE. Seems like a major tragedy just waiting to happen.
well as dead, dull surface skin
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are they really from bamboo beams??