Guadua y bambu colombia gbc guadua angustifolia kunth. In colombia e in tutti gli altri paesi dove ha origine, il bambu e utilizzato sotto molte forme, tra cui ledilizia. Ernesto diaz laura uribe jose luis gil simon velez. Bamboo building and culture coletivo permacultores. Simon velez is a prize winning architect from colombia, most famous for his innovative use of bamboo as an essential building component. Larchitettura di bambu del mago simon velez civilta di. Simon velez manizales, 2 februari 1949 is een colombiaans architect. Simon velez is an acknowledged pioneer in the modern use of bamboo in architecture. Per questo larchitetto colombiano simon velez, 69 anni, ha scelto come materiale di elezione il bambu, con il quale realizza strutture spettacolari, in nome di unarchitettura ecosostenibile e riciclabile. The colombian architect creates the largest bamboo structure ever built. Simon velez is a prizewinning architect from colombia, most famous for his innovative use of.
The architecture of simon velez 4 the only substantial publication of his work is a book published by rizzoli call tropical bamboo, now out of print. Simon velez was part of a larger team that planned and designed the first ecolodge and wellness center in the nankum mountain reserve in china. The articles highlights how these innovative constructions not only make possible to cross. Larchitetto colombiano simon velez impone le costruzioni di. Just over square feet, it took 4 days to get the structure you see and several more days to fill all the joints with mortar.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. We do not come from caves, we are dwellers, we come from the trees and we are men of the treetops, even if we do now live in caves. Nascido em manizales, na colombia, em 1949, simon velez tornouse um dos arquitetos mais importantes do mundo ao promover o uso do bambu como um elemento essencial da construcao. Form and tectonicity of the works of simon velez world bamboo. Al termine della vita utile puo rientrare nel ciclo naturale. Guadua y bambu colombia gbc guadua angustifolia kunth inicio. In it, velez wrote, at the beginning of this century, two successive fires in manizales razed only. Lima, peru in 1940 and simon velez born in manizales, colombia in 1949. Simon velez created joinery systems that utilize bamboo as a permanent no structural. In the picture on the right, colombian architect simon velez stands beneath a dome he is building from bamboo that will be the future site of a supermarket in girardot, colombia. The architecture of simon velez pioneers new ways of using.
Grow your own house colombian architect simon velez has designed a twostory, 65 squaremeter bamboo home. Simon velez is a prizewinning architect from colombia, most famous for his innovative use of guadua bamboo as an essential building component. If you can find a copy at a library, it is the best source for giving a context to velez work. Jul 21, 2014 the bamboo house at boisbuchet is a twostorey guesthouse that utilised the technique.
The global zeri network participated in the world expo in germany in 2000, designing and building a bamboo structure that has become a landmark in sustainable architecture. To combat heat and humidity of wearing on a bamboo bridge velez filled the bamboo sticks with gravel. Simon velez has been designing and making bamboo buildings in colombia for the p superb sustainable bamboo structure by pioneer bamboo architect simon velez magnificent sustainable bamboo vault by simon velez. Dezeens interviewed velez as part of a series focusing on architects who are helping to create a new bamboo architecture movement. Prototype of zeri bamboo pavilion used in the expo 2000 in hannover, colombia, by simon velez. This paper investigates the potential of bamboo as a sustainable material for. The pavilion was designed by simon velez of colombia and underwent a series of scientific tests in collaboration with several academic institutions. Velez inserted metal connecting rods into the hollow chambers at the end of each bamboo cane, which he. The architecture of simon velez pioneers new ways of. Larchitetto colombiano simon velez impone le costruzioni. Grow your own house colombian architect simon velez has designed a two story, 65 squaremeter bamboo home. Simon velez creations in bamboo have been an eyeopener on the use of this giant grass as building material.
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