ARK OF BAMBOO
TOKI.LAB.UNIV.OF SHIGA PREFECTURE+TAKAHASHIKOGYO
- Outline
- A meeting place built with local bamboo on a site along the coast in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. The students self-built the building through two 28-day workshops, including bamboo cutting, site preparation, frame fabrication, erection, and membrane tensioning. At the completion of the construction, the local people performed a traditional local dance called "Toramai". The installation period is planned to be four years.
- Location
- Miyagi
- Journal
- Shinkenchiku December 2011 issue
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