Feasibility Basics 1.2

PROJECT 2

Bamboo Symphony Bamboo Symphony is the office of Manasaram Architects. Hence the basic requirement of the Project was to embody all their Design and other Philosophies in the building along with other requirements of Space and Services.

THE PROJECT Type of Project

Geographical Location

Area

Commercial Architecture

Bangalore, India

210 m²

THE PROJECT Cost & Funding

Starting Date

Completion Date

₹16,00,00 Client Funding

2011

2011

FEATURES Bamboo Symphony is the office of Manasaram Architects. Hence, the basic requirement of the Project was to embody all their Design and other Philosophies in the building along with other requirements of Space and Services.

The office was built adjacent to the principal architect’s residence on a very tight budget.

All the waste wood, bamboo, stone boulders and debris from house construction and mud were used with Bamboo as the main construction material in the most innovative manner.

The office is a Zero Energy Development, with closed loop systems for Building materials, Processes and Technologies.

Energy To help in energy conservation building was designed to be a NET ZERO Building

Structure

Problems & Solutions

The columns in Bamboo Symphony though look haphazardly placed, have definite size ,position and inclinations i.e. they are 100% structurally relevant, just like the highly evolved technological logic we find in nature.

The inclinations in the column members utilize the inherent tensile strength of bamboo.

The unique roof is a Bamboo Reinforced Slab with Bamboo fibre reinforced concrete (BFRC) (Chicken mesh + Bamboo split mat at 150mm c/c + 6 mm reinforcement bars at 300mm c/c + Water proofing layer).

Appropriate amount of Bamboo fibres was mixed in concrete for better bonding and reducing surface cracks. This also reduced the weight of the slab while maintaining the effective depth and increased its structural integrity and tensile strength many times.