𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚?
(https://www.facebook.com/ianyazon/posts/3508115532535330)
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"𝘛𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 -- 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭."
The motive of this research came from mere curiosity of what a sustainable future could look like. In
search of innovation, I forage through the depths of my mind to find an idea befitting to challenge this
philosophy. Always had passion for sustainable architecture and I had tons of ideas - but I went with the
craziest one. **A high-rise bamboo project.** Further innovating the present perception of bamboo
architecture, I present my 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 entitled:
𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧: Neo-vernacular Architecture for the Future of High-rise Housing (A Researchbased Thesis)
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
With half of the population of the Philippines moving into cities, the demand for sustainability continues
to grow as the rate of urbanization increase exponentially. A phenomenon that poses a threat to our
resources and the environment. Carbon emissions are on the rise, along with the continuous depletion
of nonrenewable building material. With this, the project proposes the use of the fastest growing plant
in the world - the bamboo.
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺
In search of new ways of building sustainable, the project adapts the methodologies of **mass timber
construction**. The idea is not to introduce something completely new, rather an alternative way of
building that could be achieved with local resources. And since the material used for mass timber cannot
be grown in the country, the project proposes the utilization of bamboo. With the majority of the global
bamboo growth (63%) distributed in Southeast Asia, this gives the country the opportunity to tap into a
rapidly renewable resource. An effective carbon-negative material with structural properties rivaling
that of concrete and steel.
𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝘆: 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻