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As an architect, it is my goal to help solve a problem and improve lives for communities through my designs. To do so, I believe in architectural designs that create valuable and long lasting spaces which contribute to a better environment. Architecture should be understood as a key player in the wider system of its context, therefore it is essential to consider every scale and its affects to the society at large. Designs are fluid, ever evolving, and to make a lasting impact on society, architects must see through all of the buildings processes. My architectural values stem from experiences in my life, my relationship with nature, and my passion to design and create something which can contribute to a better future.
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Rumah Bambu Lestari Indonesia Professional 2020-Present
Eco Villa Kupang Pantai Alak, East Nusa Tenggara Professional 2021
Bamboo U Bali, Indonesia Professional 2019-2020
Towards a Habitable Earth Global Academic · TU Delft 2018
Reclaim Reconsiousness Kullu Valley, India Academic · TU Delft 2018
Santos Rotterdam, The Netherlands Academic · TU Delft 2017
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RUMAH BAMBU LESTARI
PROFESSIONAL
How can we empower communities to not only grow their own raw materials, but to use these resources to build their own home? The Environmental Bamboo Foundation (EBF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 to engage in the field of bamboo and welfare of sustainable communities based on community empowerment. In 2012, Indobamboo was established to be the first champion of the 1,000 Bamboo Village program to create rapidly renewable wood replacement products using engineered bamboo.
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Working off of the 1,000 bamboo village program, the Rumah Bambu Lestari progrom, who’s mission was to establish a constant demand for bamboo through the social housing market by processing bamboo strips into engineered bamboo laminates to build homes. Through this, we are able to combat Indonesia’s housing deficit of 1 million homes per annum whilst restoring Indonesia’s degraded land and providing jobs for local economies.
Pitch deck for Rumah Bambu Lestari Program Page 3-6 Business Model & Plan for Grant application and investors
Upon completion of our prototyping phase, my role was engage with key partners to activate the program including relevant governmental ministries, investors, community members, and factory workers. Activities included focus group discussions, capacity building workshops, and creation of conditional agreements with relevant ministries to support the program. I worked directly with the factory workers to optimize production of a new product for Indobamboo, from raw material to finished good. I developed the business model for bamboo laminates and social housing kits and wrote and submitted several grants. YEAR: 2019-2021 LOCATION: Indonesia ROLE: Head of research and development at Indobamboo, Project Officer of Rumah Bamboo Lestari Program FUNDS: Climate Break Through 2019 P4G – Partnering for Green Growth Green Climate Fund Australian Consulate Bali Direct AID Program
Presentation by me of RBL program to Indonesia’s Vice Minister of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
COLLABORATIONS: Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing Ministry of Environment and Forestry Jed Long | Cave Urban, Sydney AUS Guntur Sutiyono | Climate Works AUS
Business Model
TITLE RUMAH BAMBU LESTARI Challenges LACK OF DEMAND
DEGRADED LAND
MISSION The RBL mission is to establish people public private integrated value chain for sustainable timber bamboo in Indonesia over the next 5 years. Such consortium would drive constant demand for high quality carbon negative construction materials. Through policy alliances and pilots projects with several national ministries, and taking forward of Bamboo Village’s restoration economy initiatives, RBL establishes business models for laminate bamboo prefabricated homes and building components. This innovation creates 19x value add across multiple stages of production which translates to immediate income and upskill for participants in this new building sector niche.
RESTORATION ECONOMY
DRIVING DEMAND Solutions
- Empower village cooperatives to restore degraded land through restoration economy - Efficient and sustainable bamboo farming validated by sustainable certification
VALUE CHAIN
ENGINEERED BAMBOO - Introduce carbon negative building products to the market -Design affordable and disaster resilient bamboo houses which responds to local customs
- Establish network of bamboo village level industries - Add value to raw material processing bamboo into laminates -Develop production and material standard codes
Private financing/ Blended Financing
Public funding/ Grants BAMBOO FARMERS
FACTORY WORKERS
LOGISTIC WORKERS
PLANK MANUFACTURERS
BEAM MANUFACTURERS
BUILDERS
BAMBOO POLE
BAMBOO STRIP
BAMBOO WAREHOUSE
BAMBOO PLANK
BAMBOO BEAMS
BAMBOO HOUSE
Growing & Harvesting
SemiProcessing
Aggregation
Manufacturing
Design & Commoditization
Building & Commercialization
ENVIRONMENTAL BAMBOO FOUNDATION Forest Management & Harvesting Farmers form cooperatives with clear benefit sharing written under a business plan they create under the farmer field school (FFS). Under FFS, farmers learn about agroforestry, cocoon seedling cultivation, and the sustainable forestry management system (SFM). SFM activities are the following: socialization, survey, transport, coding, mounding, and harvesting. This ensures that the clumps are healthy and can grow bamboo that can be continuously harvested.
Bamboo Semi-Processing Villages are equipped and trained to use pre-processing tools under FFS. Semi-processing facilities at the village level enable villagers to earn higher revenues and equitable benefit-sharing between the through people-public-private partnerships (4P).
intermediaries
PT INDOBAMBOO
RUMAH BAMBU LESTARI
Logistics, technical assistance, and processing optimization
Building components and Housing kit manufacturing
Source appropriate machinery from China at the right price. Negotiate transport costs from Flores to East Java. Connect the right suppliers to Indobamboo for materials. Ensure quality of products and facilities, and provide technical assistance to increase efficiency and affordability.
The laminate planks will be further processed to building components which can be sold as either individual pieces or a housing kit of parts. Activities include sawing, sanding, and cutting, sandwich pressing them together, sanding and coating, and packing.
Plank Manufacturing
Design Services
Process the bamboo strips into Planks, requires the following activities: fine moulding, applying the glue and pressing the fine sticks together.
Certified housing kits which are affordable, disaster resilient, and adaptable to their unique context. Construction system which requires not advanced construction knowledge. Construction and maintenance support. Centralized warehouse, easy to access building material supply.
Plank Manufacturing Particles- Sawdust from processing bamboo is collected, dried, and sold as biofuel. Pellets- Particles are turned into pellets using a rotary kilner and used internally for fuel in the factory.
Upstream Partners
Downstream Partners
World Agroforestry Ministry of Environment and Forestry Center for International Forestry Research
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing Ministry of Environment Academic institutions Building Contractors
Activities - Policy Advocacy to support upstream bamboo industry -Bamboo village socialization
Market Segment Building components
Commercial - Commercial building - Construction sector - Timber groups - Private tourism
Activities - Policy advocacy to support downstream - Socialization to village - Preparing market demand pipeline
Housing Kit-of-parts
Government - Ministry of Public Works & Public HousingRumah Khursus & Swadaya programs - Ministry of TourismEcotourism homestay
TIMELINE Phase
MARKET CAPTATION Bali 1 Prototype 1 Factory 1 Line
MARKET ACQUISITION
10 Homes 1 Factory 1 Line
Flores 1 New Factory
Construction & Production
6 Lines
SCALE UP
100 homes 2 Factories 7 Lines Central Sulawesi East Java Kalimantan
Expansion Cost Annual Profit
3 New Factories 6 Lines each
1,000 Homes 5 Factories 10 Lines each 200 homes per annum
10 homes @ $14,000 USD
100 homes @ $8,500 USD
1,000 homes @ $8,200 USD
Capex $ 46,000 USD
Capex $ 310,000
Capex $ 8,000,000
$ 9,500 USD$
97,500 USD
Year 3
Homes Revenue
Year 1
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LOW QUALITY
$1,050,000 USD
Year 5
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A Restoration economy vision for the building sector
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RUMAH BAMBU LESTARI Subtitle
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A Restoration economy vision for the building sector The Environmental Bamboo foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 to engage in the field of bamboo and welfare of sustainable communities based on community empowerment. The EBF holds a deep understanding of sustainable bamboo production and agroforestry systems, cultivated over decades of work with communities and strengthened by a solid understanding of supply chain development. In 2012, Indobamboo was established to be the first champion of the 1,000 Bamboo Village program to create rapidly renewable wood replacement products using engineered bamboo. Rumah Bambu Lestari leverages the potential to add bamboo for housing and construction into this system to create a new commodity to drive the demand for bamboo. Bamboo laminates presents as good alternative for standardized building components with low variable material properties, which is limited in round bamboo pole construction.
Carbon negative house built in Flores.
Construction of first full scale laminate bamboo prototype at Indobamboo factory
Visit to Bamboo Village in Ngada, Flores from the Vice Minister of Environment & Forestry
Visit by the Govenor of NTT, Victor Bungtilu
Over the past decade the Rumah Bambu Lestari program has been developing various housing prototypes to optimize its engineering capabilities, material usage, and integration to renewable energy access. Upon the completion of prototyping phase, we are ready to activate the program through engaging with relevant partners.
MARKET Opportunities
Gap
Need
PUPR Rumah Khusus Disaster Relief Housing
Disaster prone areas, requiring fast construction 200-500k resilient homes
Over reliance on concrete construction High transportation costs Non-sustainable product
Disaster proof house Quick build Light-weight Kit of parts
PUPR Swadaya Community build for Rural Housing
High construction cost for conventional house due to imported materials and transportation costs in NTT
RISHA is compatible for urban but not for rural setting due to difficulties with logistics and access to resources
High Quality Standardized use of bamboo Culturally appropriate material
Ministry of Tourism Eco tourism
NTT is elected province for tourism
Conventional building high transportation cost and carbon footprint Tourist desire to stay in culturally responsive place
More Affordable Higher Quality Beautiful designs which honor local context
Mid-Rise Rumah Rusun Social high rise
Increased population in urban areas Indonesian capitol to be relocated to Borneo.
No sustainable building material to accomodate urban developements.
Sustainable, standardized and strong building compents for urban construction.
Building Components
Construction materials made of bamboo expected to grow Lack of timber product available
Lack of use of engineered bamboo as a constructuion material
Versatile, modular bamboo components applicable to varied construction uses. Timber substitute
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PARTNERSHIPS
EBF building workshops in collaboration is Jorg Stamm and Simon Vilez Key studies in Bamboo
4 Laminate bamboo 2015-2018 structures built in Collaboration with collaboration with University of New PUPR, EBF and South Wales and RAW
2019
2018
2017
2015 2017-2019 Construction of cattle shelters in Vietnam part of program with
Palu post earthquake construction of homes using
2021
Climate Breakthrough Award given to Arief Rabik
1,000 Bamboo Villages is launched at COP 21
2012
2006
1995
Million Bamboo Planting Program launched
EBF’s first bamboo village & Indobamboo Factory is established
National Strategy Conservation & Utilization of Bamboo in Indonesia
2009
EBF is Established
1993
MILESTONES
PARTNERSHIP TO-DATE
Vice Minister of Environmental Ministry visits Ngada Bamboo Village and is
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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN Subtitle
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Phase
CAPTATIONS MARKET CAPTATIONS
ACQUISITION MARKET ACQUISITION Year 1
What we Offer Partnership catalyst milestones
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Partner and Market need
10 homes
P4G SUPPORT 100 homes
CALE UP UP SCALE Year 3
Year 5 1,000 homes
• Proof of concept for small scale community self-build system • Easy guidelines • Training Model • Affordable, adaptable, and disaster resilient design
• Empowered Communities • Trained Builders, operators, logistic force • Scalable operation model
• Standardized code of production • Easy access to quality, affordable materials and construction knowledge • Construction and maintenance support • Centralized warehouse
• Building guidelines • Bamboo housing technical experience • Communication model • Community build program • Cost and production optimization and monitoring
• Evaluation and optimization of production • Community self build system • Established village level communication channel • Financial vehicle securing investment from various institutional and private sectors for scale up
• Certified housing kit, affordable, disaster resilient • Wood alternative products • Housing production system • Optimal production and logistics • Certification for trained building supervisors
• Support for the build of 10 laminate homes for eco-tourism by governor of NTT • Support for building midrise bamboo apartment building in Jakarta • Business case built • Prototype approved
• Investment secured • Partnerships Established • LOI signed for the scale up of 100 homes per annum NTT • Ministry of Public Works and Housing sign MOV & LOI and Ministry of Environment signs similar agreement
• Endorsement from ministry for scale up of 1,000 homes • Activation of program from Ministry of Public Works & Housing • Pak Arief of PUPR financing signs a housing contract which goes out to tender
POLICY BARRIERS GOVERNANCE RISK
MITIGATION
• Conglomerate (any single entity within the governance structure) disrupts the equitable partnerships.
• Due diligence of partners and democratic safeguarding mechanisms to hold equitable partnerships. • With 1,000 bamboo village, set up coordination mechanism to assist many ministry to assist Ministries designated to design and implement the National Strategy for village-level bamboo industry. • Due diligence of mission-aligned partners and facilitate process to 4P agreement • Safeguarding mechanisms against partners defaulting. • Ensure by-in and strong governance at all levels of program planning and execution.
PARTNERSHIP RISK
• Non-agreement between 4P (people public private partnerships) on benefit sharing and equity. • Partners defaulting on agreement POLITICAL RISK
• Change of administration or political will causing change of policy or major disruption in process
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ECO VILLA KUPANG
PROFESSIONAL
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Upon completion of our first full scale prototype of our prefabricated social house, the Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) commissioned the construction of several ecotourism sites across the archipelago. The Governor was very impressed with the potential of bamboo laminates to drive the market for more environmentally friendly construction development. East Nusa Tenggara has recently been elected one of Indonesia’s new tourism hotspot, so this provided a great opportunity to introduce a new local building industry for the island. “Eco Villa Kupang” would be the first large scale bamboo laminate project in Indonesia. It would serve as a showcase to promote sustainable tourism development and the innovative potentials of bamboo. This project would also become a springboard to gain support from the government for the scale up of producing 1,000 social houses per annum through the Rumah Bamboo Lestari program. The concept for the design of this Eco Tourism villa was to honour the local vernacular whilst bringing awareness to the environment and sustainable practices. The site plan consists of 10% of buildings and the remainder will be left for the replanting of local plant species. The design aims to create a harmony between the buildings, the land contours, the vegetation and the sea. Inspired by the traditional structures of East Nusa Tenggara, specifically the villages of Lopo and Ume Khubu, the tall roof structure responds to the local climate and geographical conditions. The composition and spatial planning adapt the cluster and gathering pattering which is found in the traditional village of NTT.
Traditional architecture of East Timor.
Bamboo basket weavers of the local village of Ume Khubu
This project played a pivotal role in securing the Indonesian government’s commitment to the Environmental Bamboo Foundation’s social housing progra and new bamboo industries. The successful completion of this development will pave the way for more bamboo laminate construction projects across Indonesia to promote sustainable development and tourism. YEAR: 2019-2020 LOCATION: Pantai Alak, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia ROLE: Architect /Designer & Project Manager Site proposal for tourism development.
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FORESTRY, HARVESTING, & PROPAGATION
BAMBOO U
PROFESSIONAL
How can we educate people on the potentials of bamboo as a sustainable building material through participatory design and construction? Bamboo U was an idea conceived by John Hardy to help teach people about the potential of bamboo as a green building material. The intention is to share unique design and construction knowledge and to explore alternative ways of building. Bamboo U hosts workshops for people from across the globe to discover the endless design opportunities of this sustainable and elegant material. The course follows a detailed curriculum taking participants through the whole life cycle of bamboo from sustainable forestry to design and construction. My role as research and project architect is to help facilitate these workshops as well as assist with design and construction of projects done during our courses. PG 14
Some of the projects include the development of our new campus at Bamboo U. Each structure is built over the course of an 11-Day workshop testing new structural systems to uncover new design opportunities. Some of these projects include our campus kitchen, pool pods, our Bamboo U carpentry workshop, and a look-out tower.
PROCESSING & PRESERVATION
CARPENTRY & DETAILING
I have also been involved in an elective course for Green School middle school students to teach them the basics of bamboo design and construction. The kids learned reciprocal architectural principles through building a yurt and carpentry through designing their own furniture pieces. YEAR: 2019-2020 LOCATION: Bali, Indonesia ROLE: Program Coordinator for Design & Build Workshops, Architectural Assistant in designing and construction of new Bamboo U campus COLLABORATIONS: IBUKU | Bamboo Architectural & Design firm Neil Thomas | Atelier One, London Arief Rabik | Environmental Bamboo Foundation John Hardy | Founder of the Green School Bali Architectura Mixta | Green School Tulum Jed Long | Cave Urban, Sydney AUS Jorg Stam | Bamboo master carpenter, Columbia
DESIGN & BUILD
CARPENTRY WORKSHOP BUILDING Collaboration with Jorg Stamm
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The structure is composed of seven hyperbolic paraboloid panels to create a double curved grid-shell. These panels are formed from a series of straight bamboo members that generate a curve. PG 15
Flattened bamboo is placed on top of the bamboo poles to triangulate the structure, thus stabilizing the panels. Once finished this will be a workshop space for bamboo carpentry.
DAPUR NAGA (DRAGON KITCHEN) architecture portfolio
Collaboration with IBUKU
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Reciprocal Tower The design concept for the Bamboo U Kitchen (“Dapur Naga” or Dragon Kitchen) resulted from an on-site conversation between Neil Thomas, Elora Hardy and the Bamboo U team: to create a volcano-shaped structure that would erupt with smoke when a meal is being prepared.
The roof is covered with copper shingles, which were hand made by Balinese villagers to look like scales.
The interior; a central reciprocal tower. By splaying open the base foundations 10 to 15m we were able to achieve an open floor plan without a central tower.
KUBU CONNECTION
This project was part of a workshop during a Bamboo U 11-Day Build and Design Immersion Course in collaboration with Tim Fijal, director Green School Bali’s local community engagement program. One of their initiatives has been to work with local rice farmers to experiment with regenerative farming methods to go chemical free. But this hasn’t been easy transition for them, as they are trying to find ways which won’t impact both their food and financial security. For this project we wanted to construct a “Kubu” or small shelter for the farmers to store their tools and gather, but we thought why can’t we make a more meaningful space? We wanted to construct something beautiful and empowering, to be a place that would bring more honour and respect to the rice farmers. The design and construction of the Kubu was lead by myself, in collaboration with Tim and Made, the owner and farmer of the local rice paddy. I was in charge of teaching and leading the construction process over the 5-day building portion of the Bamboo U workshop with a team of 20 participants, bamboo carpenters, and local farmers.
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How could a Kubu be a catalyst for change in Balinese rice farming?
ROOF RIDGE
Split Bamboo Petung ROOF RAFTERS
Bamboo Tali Ø7cm ROOF EAVE
Lidi Bundle
PERLIN
Split Bamboo Petung CROSS BRACING
Bamboo Petung Ø11cm ROOF SUPPORTS
Bamboo Tali POST & BEAM A-FRAME
Bamboo Petung Ø11cm FLOOR
Bamboo Tali Ø7cm
FLOOR STRUCTURE
Bamboo Petung Ø12cm CONCRETE FOUNDATION
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TOWARDS A HABITABLE EARTH
RESEARCH
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS DIRECT OR INDIRECT IMPACT ON:
38%
50-70%
of the global Green House Gas emissions
percentage of global resource extration; mainly sand cement & steel
What does a ‘safe space’ mean for the built environment? ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’ is the research part of my graduation thesis for TU Delft by the A.R.E.A team. This project focused on creating a framework for a resilient built environment that ensures social, economic and environmental sustainability which is integrated and considered holistic in everyday practice.
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This project derived from our initial research on the severe impact the built environment has on these three components of sustainable development, which are necessary for human survival in this time of ecological fragility. The realization of this, and that current modes of sustainable building are not available for most people around the globe, the AREA team set out to search for an alternative approach to building sustainability. Inspired by famed economist Kate Raworth and her idea of a ‘safe space’ for humanity (later developed in to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals) we formulated the question for our graduation thesis; What this ‘safe space’ means for the built environment? This extensive research led to three books; ‘InConversation’ which contains our interview series with multiple practitioners, ‘InTheory’ which explains our framework for a resilient built environment with best practice examples, and ‘InPlan’ our project book which uses the framework for our own architectural proposals in India.
YEAR: 2017-2018 LOCATION: Global
90%
20%
global urban population living with extreme pollution
of the population living in unadequate housing
45%
36%
people living in hazard prone areas
of hazard damage resulting from earthquakes
66%
39%
of global population living in urban areas by 2050
people lacking access to clean water
40%
40%
of global energy consumption
of global water pollution
50%
47%
of global landfill waste
of global urban popluationl without safe sanitiation
ACADEMIC: TU Delft Final Graduation Project - Research TUTORS: Henri van Bennekom (Main Mentor) Andy van den Doppelsteen (Research tutor) ACHIEVEMENTS: Honourable Mention- a title given to a maximum of ten graduation project per year at TU Delft Architecture faculty
KATE RAWORTH’S DOUGHNUTTITLE FOR A ‘SAFE SPACE FOR HUMANITY’: key problematic Subtitle global conditions & trends
28%
higher than the recommended limit
WATER Due to current over consumption trends
WASTE AND POLLUTION Air and water pollution contributes directly to
21 of 37
of the global deaths every year
aquifers for global fresh water is currently depleting
13%
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CLIMATE CHANGE The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is currently
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The Doughnut: a twenty-first-century compass. Between social and planetary boundaries lies an environmentally safe and socially just space in which humanity can thrive. The blue wedges show the planetary boundaries and social foundation topics in distress, the grey show boundaries which are unquantifiable.
AMENITIES Although the global poverty line is declining
11%
still live under the global poverty line, with limited access to water and energy
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT The global population consumes resources worth about
2
EARTHS, and in some high income countries up to 6 earths
HEALTH 39% of the global population lacks access to clean water and
47%
of the urban population lacks safe sanitation
CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY
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Hazard-prone areas, awareness, & morality distribution across countries and income groups
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FRAMEWORK FOR A RESILIENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT: a guide for designing within the ‘safe space’ for humanity
Provides Primary Functions & Amenities to minimize the human vulnerability and ensure basic human needs by: - Providing adequate shelter - Having access to energy supply - Having access to safe drinking water - Having access to food supply - Provide safeguards for human health
Promoting risk awareness Promoting risk preparedness Providing secure structures Adhering to safe planning Enabling immediate recovery
- Encouraging strong community cohesion - Providing resilient network of institutions - Having a resilient supply of resources - Providing distributed network of communications - Having a resilient energy network
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Integrating with local norms Allowing for flexibility Setting an example Ensuring understanding Enabling equal opportunities
- Utilizing localized resources - Utilizing localized labor - Utilize localized knowledge - Being economically affordable to a widespread public - Ensuring sustained supply & affordability
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Is Available & Affordable reducing the need for transport and provides long- term socio-economical prosperity by:
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INCLUSIVE & ADOPTABLE
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LOW ENVIRO L NMENTA IMPACT
EMISSIONS
RE SO UR CE S
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RES OUR CE DE PLETION
Is Inclusive & Adoptable ensuring integration with local societies and creates functional, suitable and strengthening living environments for the population by:
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WA TER SC AR CI TY DI SA ST ER E NC LIE SI RE
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Provides a Network of Infrastructure that is efficient and can continue to support the wellbeing of societies in case of disruption by:
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LOS SO FC UL TU RE SO CIO -E CO NO
- Supporting a localized economy - Encouraging diverse economy - Supporting long term societal wealth - Contributing to local culture - Responding to local preferences
Ensures Reduced Risk which minimizes the exposure to disasters by:
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Has Cultural & Economical Value to ensure longevity of the built environment and form an important part of the society by:
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Has Low Environmental Impact to ensure the continued wellbeing of the earth and all its living creatures depending on it by: - Using renewable resources - Optimizing circular life-cycle of resources - Producing minimal emissions and waste - Optimizing durability - Using renewable energy sources
Has High Performance to improve efficiency and durability of energy consumption, reducing pollution and resource depletion by: - Minimizing energy demand - Encouraging awareness of energy usage - Applying passive design principles - Applying responsive design principles - Optimizing energy source to use
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FOUR STRATEGIES
Implementations for creating a resilient Kullu valley
RECLAIM RECONSIOUSNESS
THE KULLU VALLEY
INDUSTRY
1. CIRCULAR INDUSTRY & FLOW OF RESOURCES
How can a circular industry of resources be implemented in the Kullu valley to create a Resilient Built Environment? This project was the second part of the graduation thesis ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’ in which the framework for a resilient built environment, developed in the initial, was applied to a case study. The area chosen was the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India which is experiencing multiple challenges such as; rising risk of disaster (particularly earthquakes and landslides), increased densification CABLE CAR NETWORK caused by mass-tourism which has led to infrastructural failures and pollution, and a loss of culture as the traditional vernacular architecture is rapidly being replaced by cheap, but unsafe, concrete structures.
BAMBOO Used for beams, columns, roof, wall, floor finishes
HEMP Used as loose or rigid insulation, can replace brick
PLATFORM 2. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION & ONLINE CONNECTIVITY
CABLE CAR NETWORK
ONLINE PLATFORM OPEN SOURCE DATA
OPEN SOURCE DATA
ORDER ON DEMAND
ORDER ON DEMAND
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KULLU
A.R.E.A
From the analysis of the built environment in the Kullu Valley in terms of its performance according to the framework for A 2A a Resilient Built Environment, four key issues were identified; CABLE CAR ONLINE PLATFORM 100% 1000 transportation, tourism, housing and waste. These issues 60%Replaces 1000 SEPERATION &Safe construction manual, WINTER & cars/hr & uses SYMMETRY order building materials SUMMER SU renewable energy manifested four design proposals in Mohal, Kullu, Naggar SAFE SLOPE CUT and Manali which all play important roles in creating 5H 60% a 100% 1000 even cut and fill min. 3m resilient Kullu Valley. 3. SAFE & HEALTHY BUILDINGS with slope grade KULLU
A.R.E.A KULLU
CHEAPER/KM THAN NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION
RUN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
CARS REPLACED EVERY HOUR
A.R.E.A KULLU
CHEAPER/KM THAN NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Each team member concentrated on one of these four proposals of which mine focused on introducing a circular industry of resources through re-linking the community and industry relationship through a new resource center in Mohal.
LOAD Reduce weight above 2 stories SAFE SLOPE CUT even cut and 2017-2018 fill YEAR: with slope grade
RUN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
CARS REPLACED EVERY HOUR
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PASSIVE DESIGN WINTER & SUMMER SUN Winter/Summer sun, insulation & cross ventilation 5H
min. 3m
ACADEMIC: TU Delft Final Graduation Project - Design TUTORS: Henri van Bennekom (Main Mentor) Andy van den Doppelsteen (Research tutor)
AD duce weight above ories ACHIEVEMENTS: The research gained from this project
allowed us to collaborate with a non-profit project by ARUP in India.
INSULATIO CROSS VENTIL
2A
EARTHQUAKE SEPERATIONSAFE & SYMMETRY Separation, symmetry, load and weight
LOCATION: Kullu Valley, India
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HARVEST RAIN WATER
60%
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OF HOUSEHOLD WATER SUPPLY
INSULATION & CROSS VENTILATION
KM BUS FUEL
GREY WATER FILTRATION
1
HECHTARES HEMP
BIO GAS PRODUCTION
100%
OF HOUSEHOLD WATER SUPPLY
8.2
KM BUS FUEL
SOLAR ENERGY WATER SYSTEM & WATER HARVEST RAIN WATER
PROPOSED SYSTEM FLOWS
map showing location of four projects & connectivity NAGGAR Promoting sustainable tourism through a centralized tourist center and trekking network. Through a design of self-sufficient cabins, tourism can be evenly distributed.
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MANALI Constructing a transportation hub with the first cable car station. This cable car network can later expand to the other villages to release the pressure on roads.
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KULLU Create a showcase for a new sustainable housing template which informs the community on how and why to build more resilient communities throughout the valley.
MOHAL Introducing new sustainable industries for prefabricated building materials of hemp and bamboo. This can be facilitated by turning waste into resource.
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isabella van der griend
1. New waste facilities
2. Drop off & pick up logistics
3. Composting zone
4. Bio-fuel and fertilizer
PG 25
5. Local hemp & bamboo farms
6. Drop off of raw materials
7. Production of hemp chives & bricks
8. Production of laminated bamboo beams & panels
9. Industry offices in the resource center
10. Distribution point in the resource center
RECLAIM RECONSCIOUSNESS architecture portfolio
A new resource center in Mohal
PG 26
Building Concepts; Program + Flows
Industry offices & Order shop
isabella van der griend
Entrance to Resource Center PG 27
Food Stalls
PG 28 polishing pond
wetland plants to filter water
bamboo footing collects water run off
rain collection from roof canvas
architecture portfolio
ROOF STRUCTURE section & plan
WATER GARDEN
water catchment details & filtration system isabella van der griend
Canvas for shade and water collection
Bamboo bundle of 7 members ø 50mm
Water catchment pool
Closure strap
Bamboo bundle of 7 members ø 50mm
Bolt rope
Eyelet
Steel footing
Concrete footing
Water outlet
Belt for tangential forces Canvas
1680
PG 29
Canvas for shade and water collection
Bamboo bundle of 7 members ø 50mm
Water catchment pool
Closure strap
Bamboo bundle of 7 members ø 50mm
Bolt rope
Steel footing
Eyelet
Concrete footing
Water outlet
Center water garden
1680
Belt for tangential forces Canvas
architecture portfolio
05
SANTOS
HERITAGE
Located in Katendrecht Rotterdam, Santos, an old coffee warehouse awaits a revitalization after being vacant for almost all of its existence. The building was constructed in 1901 for the storage of Brazilian coffee called ‘Santos’ and was the highest warehouse in Rotterdam, consisting of mirroring iconic and identical front facades. The supporting structure consists of beautiful cast iron ‘phoenix’ columns. In the year 2000, Santos was listed as a Rijksmonument due to its cultural-historical, typological and architectural value.
PG 30
The revitalization of Santos takes into consideration the rich history of the building and the area, recognizing the importance of conservation. Through extensive research and building surveys, a Cultural Value Assessment provides the opportunity to classify relevant heritage values to different building aspects of Santos. Looking towards the future, the developers envision Katendrecht to become a cosmopolitan area for leisure, design, food and lifestyle with a wide array of shops, galleries and restaurants. Santos offers an opportunity to be hotel function as the municipality wants to realize a diverse and multifunctional program on the harbor. The design of this new hotel aims to break down the cube-like form by carving out a center void to allow for light and air to flood the current dark warehouse. The building program is organized with the private hotel rooms around the periphery and the two main public spaces on the ground floor and on the top floor extension. The middle void houses special hotel rooms which ‘float’ amongst the forest of exposed cast iron columns. These hotel rooms are reserved for traveling artists and other creative professionals to stay for extended periods of time and allow for collaboration amongst the local creatives of Katendrecht. The artist’s rooms feature a custom furniture piece which holds the bed, desk and storage space to allow artists to arrange their studio space as needed. This element slides along the iron beams which puncture through the volumes. A series of bridges and terraces through the void allows for a connection between the bottom floor and gallery spaces on the top. The wood which is removed from the floors is used in the façade of the extension as shutters for shading. The extension give the illusion of a floating volume, to appear as it is not touching the original monument.
YEAR: 2017 LOCATION: Rotterdam, The Netherlands ACADEMIC: TU Delft Masters Project - Heritage & Architecture Studio
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY isabella van der griend PG 31
FLOOR PLAN & LONGITUDINAL SECTION architecture portfolio
Top floor with public art gallery & event space
PG 32
EXTENSION
Connection to existing building & shutter details isabella van der griend PG 33