Building Green School Tulum

Bamboo U

English - July 03, 2023 01:04 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB
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An exciting episode and topic for the future of bamboo architecture in the Americas. Jules De Laage is an architect, former Program Manager at Bamboo U and currently leading the team building Green School Tulum in Mexico. In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to bring bamboo designs into a new context that faces environmental challenges like hurricanes, which requires an entirely new design vocabulary to emerge as a response.

In This Episode We Discuss:

What It Is Like To Build With Bamboo In MexicoAdapting To The Local ConstraintsTurning Constraints Into Creative OpportunitiesNew Structural Systems For HurricanesBamboo Species and Heat Bending BambooBuilding Curves Without Compromising Structural IntegrityTesting The Mechanical Properties Of BambooThe Social Context For Bamboo In MexicoTraining Carpenters To Work With BambooIt Takes A Village To Grow Bamboo BuildingsBamboo U Alumni Working On Green School Tulum

Learn more about Green School Tulum at:

https://greenschooltulum.mx/

Jules’ is a guest speaker for The Fundamentals Of Building Bamboo Online Course: https://www.bamboou.com/courses