The oculus opening and tiered circular roofs of the Vedana Dome in Hanoi, Vietnam, allow light to fill the space while encouraging natural ventilation. Photo: Hiroyuki Oki
Growing up, architect and bamboo advocate Low Ewe Jin remembers playing amidst bamboo clusters near his homes in Tapah, Perak, and Melaka where he lived at different times.
He would also spend his free time making things like bows and arrows, fishing poles and kites out of bamboo strips.
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The oculus opening and tiered circular roofs of the Vedana Dome in Hanoi, Vietnam, allow light to fill the space while encouraging natural ventilation. Photo: Hiroyuki Oki
With a size of 782sq m, the Bamboo Sports Hall at Panyaden International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand can accommodate 300 people. Photo: Alberto Cosi
The Bamboo Eye INBAR Garden Pavilion, located at the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exposition was built to promote bamboo as a strategic natural resource for environmentally sustainable development. The pavilion is shaped like a hill (top) while natural lighting is diffused by the woven bamboo lattice (below) giving a softer lit environment. Photo: Pan Zhenyu/Mauricio Cardenas Laverde/Shidong Nie
The Bamboo Sports Hall, Panyaden International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand is the flagship building of the school. Its form and arched trusses reflect the petals of lotus flowers. Photo: Markus Roselieb/CLA
The Exhibition Pavilion in Guangzhou, China, has an open feel. Photo: Zhao Yang/Satria Lui
Low says bamboo is re-emerging as a sustainable, viable and versatile building material with many advantages. Photo: Uwen Low
Veluvana Bali, a rental holiday bamboo villa in Sidemen Valley, overlooks a rice field and Mount Agung in Bali. Photo: Veluvana Bali
The Templo Toroide in Cundinamarca, Colombia, is located on the Organizmo Foundation's (a community that creates sustainable habitats) headquarters site. Photo: Felipe Cotero Camacho
The Vedana Dome, part of the Vedana Resort in the Cuc Phoung Commune in south Hanoi, Vietnam, is one of the largest bamboo domes around, with a building diameter of 36m and a height of 16m. Photo: Hiroyuki Oki
The nipah-inspired vaulted bamboo ceiling is the key feature of the Casamia Community House in Cam Thanh, Hoi An city in Da Nang, Vietnam. Photo: Hiroyuki Oki
