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BamBoo Society of india (BSi), KarnataKa chapter and World BamBoo organiSation organiSeS BamBoo Cultural Festival

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Bamboo Society of India (BSI), Karnataka Chapter WC- Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering (WC-ADCE, BSI) and World Bamboo Organisation (WBO), in association with Council of Architecture along with IIID - Bangalore chapter, IIA Karnataka Chapter and ISOLA, Karnataka chapter, on the occasion of World Bamboo Day, has celebrated ‘Bamboo Cultural Fest’. With SURFACES REPORTER (SR) as Media and Telecast Partner, the theme for fest was ‘Rethinking Bamboo in Culture Through Design’. Some of the important points from the discussion will be shared in the coming issue.

Bamboo - Material of the Future

Bamboo is one of the most versatile building materials that is not only strong with a tensile strength akin to steel, it is also sustainable which makes it a futuristic building material. Already, many renowned architects like are creating newer designs testing Bamboo to its limit. Therefore, in order to make it a more household name in Indian design scenario, on the occasion of World Bamboo Day, BSI Karnataka Chapter (BSI0-KC), WC-ADCE, BSI and WBO are organising Bamboo Cultural Fest 2021. The virtual celebration was held on Sept 19, 2021 from 10 AM till 4:30 PM.

Gracing the occasion was Chief Guest, Mr. Shankargauda Patil, Special Representative to Delhi, Govt of Karnataka.

World Bamboo Ambassador, Ar Neelam Manjunath

commented, “Designing with Bamboo is the required tool to provide traction to the bamboo sector to take it to the next level to Redefine Bamboo in our Culture.” SURFACES REPORTER has always promoted the use of sustainable building materials and being a media and telecast partner to the event is another step forward in the same direction. From the same group, WADE ASIA supported the event by being the Momento Sponsor. Surfaces Reporter also promised to give one year of free subscription to all the participants.

Event Schedule

The speakers of the events include Ar Neelam Manjunath, Chairperson BSI, KC & World Bamboo Ambassador, Ar Habeeb Khan; President, COA; Prof Uday Gadkari, Past President, COA & WC-ADCE, BSI; Neelam Chibbar, Industree Foundation; Dr Jayshree Deshpande, Director, COA-TRC; Prof Krishnarao Jaisim; Ar C R Raju, President, IIA; Ar Jabeen Zackaria, President, IIID.

More speakers included, Dr M P Singh, Director,

IWST, Bengaluru; Dr Shakti S Chavan, Director, IPIRTI;

Dr Vishnukanth Chatpalli, Vice Chancellor, Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag; Dr Jagadish Vengala, BSI- WC- ADCE; Vertica Dvivedi, Editor-in-Chief, SURFACES REPORTER; Dr Sridevi Rao, President, ISOLA and Prof Arunava Dasgupta, Chairperson, IUDI, among others. The three technical session wherein various competitions were held were titled, Product Design Competition session, Street Furniture Design Competition and PreFab Structures Competition respectively.

WATCH oUT THIS SPACE FoR A CoMPREHENSIVE CoVERAGE oF THE EVENT IN THE NEXT ISSUE.

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