BAMBOO WORKSHOP

Visthar, Doddagubbi, Bengaluru · Hosted by Litar Design Station · 12 participantsA three-day workshop on building with bamboo, run at Visthar farm on the edge of Bengaluru with Shruthi Anand of Litar Design Station and bamboo master Ghani of Foto N Man Associates. Twelve participants took part, from a mix of professions rather than architecture alone.

Participants began with the material itself — species, selection, and the treatment methods that decide whether a bamboo structure lasts three years or thirty. From there the work moved to design, worked out through sketches and physical models, then on to basic joinery and the roofing options that suit bamboo framing. The final part was entirely hands-on, with participants cutting, jointing and raising work themselves.