Bamboo: Material Research
2017
“The environment will be shaped by the activities of life, not vice versa.”
- Constant Nieuwenhuys
A photographic research of Hong Kong (right), based on Constant Nieuwenhuys’ Utopia of 'New Babylon': A future of connected systems of life, growing on top of existing cities.
People freed from work, able to create and travel at will.
![Bamboo Theatre](images/scaffold hk.jpg)
![Bamboo Theatre](images/hotel hk.jpg)
![Bamboo Theatre](images/scaffold up hk.jpg)
![Bamboo Theatre](images/bamboo-nexus.gif)
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The tradition of bamboo theatres in the city inspired an amphitheatre structure, providing a gathering space for the public to watch the street artists of Hong Kong.
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