Proposal: Bamboo Design School

Bamboo Design School Proposal / 2014

2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PROPOSAL FOR A BAMBOO DESIGN SCHOOL IN PALAWAN

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Section 1: Goals and Project Phases

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Section 2: The Business Model Canvas

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Section 3: Infrastructure Issues to Address

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Section 4: Livelihood Opportunities

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Section 5: Training Courses Available

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Section 6: Startup Capital Overview

PHASE 1

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Bamboo

has recently gained great recognition in the architectural and engineering industry as a sustainable construction material for a whole range of products. Bamboo is scientifically classified as a grass, and in the Philippines, it takes very little maintenance effort to farm them. However, although the Philippines is abundant in natural resource, the overall problem on poverty stems from our lack of education. Filipinos have an innate creativity in improvisation and innovation—skills that living in a third world country requires an individual to cultivate. The ideas are there, but the education with which to execute the idea needs to be improved. Through the Bamboo Design school, we aim to create a prototype of a self-sustaining enterprise—run by the Palawenyo locals and facilitated by the Ananda Marga members and external volunteers, which benefits the country on the individual and the collective level.

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GOALS The Bamboo Design School may also serve as inspiration for the other Filipino communities struggling with keeping historical traditions against a modernizing society. Thus, we are proposing a Bamboo Design School to be built at Roxas, Palawan, Philippines. Our core goals?

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To utilize and encourage the use of existing, abundant natural materials.

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To create livelihood for the IP (indigenous people) communities, specifically for the “dying� Batak Tribe.

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To develop Filipino design culture and identity, while keeping what is already in our heritage.

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To develop Filipino craftsmanship.

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To educate the local community on sustainability and environmentallyfriendly practices.

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To protect and cultivate the Timber Land (government-owned land at risk for illegal loggers).

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To act as an Enterprise Facilitator for the locals and the indigenous community.

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In a nutshell, the Bamboo Design School is a learning institution for Green Architects, Designers, Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Bamboo Enthusiasts.

PHASE 1 Begin with a smallscale farming and manufacturing system. Products include bamboo tiles and simple bamboo and rattan products for the household.

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 4

Start including more complex processes and add to the existing infrastructure.

Create a small bamboo village.

Build the Bamboo Design School in the village.

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS Phase 1: Bamboo Tiles; Bamboo and Rattan Household Products

Key Partners

Palawan Center for Appropriate Rural Technology (PCART) Department of Social Science and Technology (DOST) DOST Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) Ilocos Agricultural and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILLARDEC)

Key Activities

Research and Development

Process Sustainability

Facility Management

Environmentally-Friendly

Production

Indigenous Design Aesthetic Renewable Raw Material

Key Resources Human Resource Physical: Bamboo farm, bamboo raw materials

Cost Structure Manufacturing Center Operations

General and Administrative

Research and Development Costs

Sales and Marketing

Skills Training

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Value Propositions

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Relationships

Customer Segments

Communities

Green Architects

Co-creation

Industrial Designers

Service

Craftsmen Bamboo Enthusiasts

Channels

Craft Distributors

Revenue Streams Product Sales Facility Rental Training Enrollment

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INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES TO ADDRESS

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In Baranggay 4 Marangas, Roxas, Palawan, the community has no access to clean, running water, electricity, and mobile signal.

A major operational handicap is the lack of access to electricity, running water, and mobile signal in the mountain. So in Phase 1, the operations will take place in the town of Roxas, where all of the basic necessities are accessible.

Leasing or purchasing a designated land will secure a venue for the production of bamboo tiles and other bamboo and rattan products. A major benefit of residing in the town is the easy access to potential clients, as well as tools and resources needed for operation. Raw materials will be transported from the mountain and down into the town, where the team will begin processing the bamboo into usable materials upon arrival.

In the latter phases of the Bamboo Design School, the project aims to help address this issue for the communities who inhabit the mountain area. If a large enough population lives there, the government will concede to providing electricity and water lines across the more hard-to-reach baranggays of Roxas.

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LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES BUILDING A BAMBOO DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY WILL HELP THE BATAK TRIBESMEN EARN A STEADY INCOME.

It’s salary day! Boys, please don’t spend your income on drinks and cigarettes.

No, ma’am. We can only afford food to feed the family.

On delayed-salary days, the laborers show up with just rice and no viand for lunch. Some resort to borrowing money from relatives to be able to survive the day-to-day.

Another issue that the Bamboo Design School project aims to address is the Batak Tribe cultural diffusion.

On a base level, to be able to survive, one has to have a stable source of income. Batak tribe members do not have the basic educational attainment to be able to qualify to most job positions in town. So most of the job opportunities that they take up are on the construction and crafting industries.

Deep in the forest where one of our Batak friends live, stand a house for a family that weaves rattan and bamboo baskets. It may well be a gem from the Batak craft arsenal, but if the head craftsman is gone, then so is the business.

The Bamboo design school aims to provide training for the Batak tribe members so they can keep their design heritage, and also so they can innovate on the existing designs. Currently, a laborer salary costs PHP 250 a day--a meager PHP 1,500 per week. If we provide the education which they can use in skill-intensive jobs (which pays as high as PHP 350 per day), then they can charge higher for their services, afford a better standard of living, and be encouraged to work in the sustainable design industry.

Woven in the skills education brought by the Bamboo Design School is a basic English literacy program. Doors will open up for them if they can speak the language through which foreigner tourists, along with majority of Filipinos communicate.

To see the Basic English Literacy Program proposal, please send an email to LHFrayre@ gmail.com.

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BATAK CRAFT Batak Hunting Bag The Batak hunt wild boars, squirrels, and birds for food. The image on the left page shows their “hunting bag�, made of woven rattan and bamboo strings, where they secure their game. On a hunting trip, they bring with them a makeshift gun using the cylinder of an old aerosol can, marbles for bullets, fueled by an alcohol-based ignition process.

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A SMALL BATAK HOME Deeper in the forest up Baranggay 4 in Marangas, a small Batak hut stands against the daytime heat and the cold, heavily-dewy nights.

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TRAINING COURSES AVAILABLE

Government Organizations who have the research and the skills capability:

Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILLARDEC)

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To be able to bring the technology and the expertise in the Batak community, we aim to first take up training in DOST’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) arm, where most of the skills can be learned. These courses run in the summer, where enrollees are abundant and the 5-people minimum is fulfilled for each class.

Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium may have their own training programs which the initial project team can explore.

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HARD SKILLS Understanding Wood

Wood Seasoning

5,000 PHP / 5 DAYS

5,000 PHP / 5 DAYS

Consists of lecture and laboratory sessions on the chemical, physical and mechanical properties of wood that affect its utilization; includes discussion on major chemical constituents of wood, moisture content, density and specific gravity, shrinkage and swelling, strength and rheological properties among others, supplemented by laboratory exercises to explain behavior of wood in service; designed for supervisors or technical personnel of wood-based companies as well as research and academic staff of forestry related institutions.

Consists of lecture and laboratory sessions designed to provide basic training in the drying of Philippine hardwood; includes the principles and processes involved in drying of wood reinforced by demonstration and hands-on drying experience; familiarize participants with wood-based relation, air drying and kiln drying methods, seasonal defects and their prevention.

A field trip to commercial wood drying facility is included; designed for plant supervisors and kiln operators; also recommended for those who are considering construction of drying facilities in their wood processing plant.

Principles of Wood Protection 5,000 PHP / 5 DAYS

Insect Pests of Wood, Post Harvest Bamboo and Rattan 5,000 PHP / 5 DAYS

Consists of lecture and laboratory sessions on the principles and techniques of wood protection against decay and wood boring insects, wood protecting chemicals and treatment processes, and properties of treated wood; includes a field trip to commercial wood treating plant.

Designed for supervisors or technical personnel of wood-based companies involved in various aspects of wood preservation specifically, pest control operators, quarantine officers and research or academic staff who wish to gain basic understanding of methods and techniques of protecting wood against biological agents of deterioration.

Consists of lecture and laboratory sessions on biology and control of destructive insect pests of wood, bamboo and rattan ; emphasis is on basic ecology, identification, prevention, control methods and techniques to prevent infestation of termites and wood boring beetles.

An introduction to termite baiting and use of physical barrier and a field trip to a commercial termite control company are included; designed for pest control operators, quarantine officers and research/academic personnel who wish to gain basic understanding of the biology and control of these wood boring insects.

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SOFT SKILLS ...Continued from Training Courses Available

Summer Program in Management

Agroforestry Farm Planning and Design

9,000 PHP / 17 DAYS

5,000 PHP / 3 DAYS

The four-weekend program on management theory and practice, embodied in three learning modules, is designed to equip Master in Management (MM) applicants as well as non-MM participants with the necessary knowledge and tools for developing or further enhancing their management abilities.

The course will focus on the compatibility of people and upland resources in terms of protection and provision of livelihood opportunities.

It will also tackle farmer-friendly and easy- to- use techniques on planning and designing of sustainable agroforestry system using various tools.

The course is designed for community development workers and technical staff who are engaged in planning and designing of agroforestry project and farms.

Production Management and Control in ForestBased Industries 5,000 PHP / 5 DAYS

Consists of lecture and laboratory sessions on the planning and control of production processes of forestrybased industries; includes various tools and techniques to efficiently manage various units of operations in a manufacturing plant. Laboratory exercises include use of computers and various softwares to solve problems in queuing situations, inventory control, scheduling, etc.; designed for supervisors in forest-based industries who want to enhance their understanding of production management using different mathematical tools.

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BAMBOO

The Dream ...Is to be the Bamboo Capital of the Philippines.

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STARTUP CAPITAL To begin Phase 1, the business requires a Startup Capital of 5 million pesos to operate for 1 year.

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50%

26%

TOOLS AND MACHINES

HUMAN RESOURCES

20%

4%

OPERATION COSTS

MISCELLANEOUS

The Scope of Phase 1 includes the production of bamboo tiles for flooring and wall applications, as well as for other crafting use. The raw materials will primarily be Bamboo and Rattan.

Products will be sold nationally and globally to construction and design supply chains.

The startup capital was computed from the combined physical and human resource cost to operate a 12-man team for a one-year time period.

The team will include 10 skilled and labor workers and 2 for the administrative roles.

The Batak tribe members will be given top employment priority.

Intensive Marketing and Sales, and Research and Development costs are expected to add another 500,000 - 800,000 PHP to the initial startup capital total.

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OVERVIEW Computations for acquiring the bamboo tile making machine set.

COMPARISON OF FINANCIAL INDICATORS

PARTICULARS

PRODUCTION OPTION

TILE + LAMINATE

TILE ONLY

Investment (PHP)

2,497,161

2,467,162

Payback Period

2.81 years

2.39 years

NVP (12 years)

7,787,367 PHP

1,625,475 PHP

IRR

58.96 %

38.64 %

Profit Index (12%)

3.11

2.17

Net Return

2.11 PHP

1.17 PHP

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MACHINE INVESTMENT The Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium has created machines that create bamboo tiles for different design applications.

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BAMBOO POLE CUTTER USD 750 Daily maximum output: 400 cuts Power requirement: 1 hp 220V Approximate weight: 60kg

Machine dimension: 1.5m (L) x .75m (W) x 1.5m (H) Space requirement: 9 sqm

BAMBOO KILN DRYER USD 6,000 Dimensions and capacity inside: 6 ft (W) x 7 ft (H) x 9 ft (L) Volume: 378 cubic ft Capacity: 350 poles at 4 in (D) 8 ft long Construction: wall outside - plain GUI sheet G18 Middle insulator : hard cork Inner: hardiflex Floor: ceramic tiles, plywood, plain GI sheet G18 Heat exchanger: plain stainless steel

Furnace: high alumina bricks Fuel: agricultural and forest waste Maximum temperature: 110 deg celsius Sensible heat: 0.2 kg Fuel/deg celsius rise Fuel consumption: 3.78 kg/ hour at 80 deg celsius Rate of MC evaporated: 2.45 kg / hour Kg fuel consumption per Kg moisture evaporated: 2.08 Air circulation: 2.3 m / sec, powered by 1 hp electric motor, 2 fans, 2 air-vents Drying time: 3-8 days at 12 hours operation / day; to reach 13% MC

BAMBOO POLE MAKER USD 1,500 Power requirement: 2 hp 220V Approximate weight: 80 kg No. of operators: 2 Width of strips 25mm

Length of strips 0.3 m to infinity Output day (max) 1,150pcs at 25mm x 2m long Area equivalent/day 57m2 Work space requirement 6 sqm

BAMBOO TILE MAKER USD 2,500 Power requirement 2 hp 220V Approximate weight: 90 kg Machine dimension: 1 x 1.5 x 1.5m No. of operators: 1 Thickness of strips: 10 mm

Length of strips: 0.3 m to infinity Output/day (max): 741 pcs at 25 mm x 10 mm (T) x 2m (L) Area equivalent/day: 37 sqm Work area requirement: 4 sqm

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THANK YOU. If you would like to know more about this project and to discuss it over coffee, or if you would like to help, please let us know by sending an email to LHFrayre@gmail.com Let’s make this happen.

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