Dear ones, I'm Brazilian. I'm an architect and civil engineer. Everything that you have shown up so far fits and is being considered in my post doctoral thesis. It is a time when we need to reconcile millennial teachings of construction talk and negotiate with modern arrogance of infrastructure about sustainability. I believe and I support 100% your concept. I will soon be going to Bali to visit your project and I can already say that the future of humanity depends on initiatives like this one. With all my affection respect and love for the planet. We should have people like you multiplied by 1000000000000.
Hello pe-oples, Bamboo can easily be treated with non toxic methods to resist rot & bugs. This building was created as an artistic version of a home. Just like in fashion shows, the clothes created are not for daily wear they are to inspire. They mentioned covering certain areas with canvas (cotton). The thing is almost the entire house can be built using engineered bamboo products, things like dimensional lumber, cloth, paper, roofing, flooring, countertops, and many other things. Just becauae this structure was mostly built with bamboo in raw form (cylindrical segmented tubes) does not mean its limited to that form. The fibers in bamboo only go in one direction so it is strongest in that direction. But it can be chopped into chips and utilize that strength in an omni-directionl manor. Much like usb only stronger and less susceptible to moisture damage. Imagine usb half the weight and twice the strength. A 6" formed i-beam is as strong as an 8 inch steel i-beam and 10% the weight. Almost everything from fashion to construction be replicated by using bamboo and it grows like a weed.
In such a climate it may be nice to live in an open structure, but apart from inviting insects, rodents and snakes in, I fear it is also very attractive to burglars. If you build something like this in a country like the Philippines, your flatscreen, laptop and microwave will be gone after your first visit to the market.
It depends on the place, I mean I wouldn't build something like this in urban areas but this would be very ideal in rural villages but then again I'm still very concerned about fire since bamboo is a light material and burns easily.
BelgianTuber yeah depends on the place. I live in the province. when we go out, we leave our doors and gates unlocked. we don't worry coz we have 9 dogs who bite strangers haha
i agree with BelgianTuber even in the province a house like this would be a target unless there was a caretaker resident 24/7 365 and that assumes you can trust the caretaker!
consider that it is a principle that goes beyond all this. t he project deals with a third world economy,. If you live in Europe, or USAin a country with first order world economy, surely you can buy a 2 buy 4 and fix your home. Advice: You should travel a little and understand what other families who do not have anything need to survive in countries that do offer any support for you and you family. She says that at the beginning of the movie. You could not see that?
Incredible ... how much does it cost to build a house like that ... really blows my socks off. I'd love to live in a house like that. The bathroom problem is a big one though.
Madman0001 ....yeh it is... There is a bamboo termite in the tropics that will reduce your citadel into a pile of dust in duration of a 3 course meal... Plus bamboo exposed to humidity and especially rain and sun dries out fast and splits, so oiling every 6 months is crucial in exposed areas...
Did you even watch the whole video? She actually mentioned the termites and said, that they treat the bamboo with some kind of salt to protect it from insects and water..
I did live in a bamboo house when I was younger in Thailand, though it was much simpler and we didn't have a toilet nor running water. We had to collect rain water with a system built on the roof which allowed to fill two huge jars - we used that water for everything, from drinking to showering. Traditional houses built by people in Asia are very beautiful and comfortable, you just need to add mosquito nets, solar panels (or other sustainable sources of energy) and eventually have a well for running water. Here in Cambodia, people make something called a compost toilet where basically by mixing your feces with other ingredients you get great compost for your vegetable garden which doesn't smell and look just like soil. Basically, if you can manage to grow your own food as well then you are done. You can do everything yourself; we don't need luxury items anymore, we need a comfy and practical place which we can call home also because most of us don't have a lot of money and still wish to live a happy and comfortable life.
How well does bamboo do when the house settles over time? My home was built in 1936, and I had to replace a small, 6 pane french window that opens out, and my son left it open for over a year, so when I went to shut it, it wouldn't shut, didn't fit the window frame anymore, that's how much the house had settled in one year. Since bamboo is so light & curved (and I assume don't match perfectly), would that make it settle even worse? It seems like a bamboo home would eventually get really warped.
I first came to Bali in 1976, when the island was little more than sweeping rice fields, pristine beaches and happy-go-lucky natives. Then the island got ‘discovered.’ Today the rice fields and beaches are buried under tons of concrete and mountains of garbage. Millions of tourists clamor over every square inch, the traffic is worse than downtown LA, and rich foreigners exploit the land with expensive 'environmental friendly' villas like this. Where once stood stands of teak, mahogany and rosewood, now stand another convenience store - and good luck finding any of that 'environmentally friendly' bamboo for your dream house.
yes, I see your point... the simpler the better... the sky and environment provide the beauty... a simple shelter is enough for most lives or even better ultimately for everyone... AND all animal habitat.
Same here. We have a great summer house and my dad told me about how they built an extra room. So I looked now at the house and said: I want to build a mother fucking TOWAH!! And so that's my goal now to one day expand the summer house with a sweet looking tower
These kind of houses are in the Philippines too. I was born and raised in a bahay kubo. We use mosquito nets when we sleep. I love how this video shows a more creative bamboo houses and furnitures. One of our neighbors in the Philippines bought a tiny kubo (php 50,000 about $1,000) and placed it on their roof top. It was very cozy and cool breeze goes through it.
yes it's common to our country because there are so many poor families there wo can't afford to buy or build a cemented house and besides it is more cheaper,however im not certain if its typhoon resistant cause its made out of light materials and obviously not a fire resistant.well it is in our culture.
I'm sure they were paid enough to compel them to work, I'll assume they enjoyed it more than a Tim Hortons worker here enjoys working to afford a sketchy apartment, bus pass and some low end food. I'd do construction work as a slave before working in retail on min wage. Working without learning is worse than any job that offers knowledge, and they have an almost limitless learning opportunity working with an abundant material here. People can be compelled to work for reasons beyond lucrative compensation, which in itself is not enough for most craftspeople.
@Smileyrie James because that's what capitalists westerners do. They work others like slaves and take credit for the results. Where is the pictures of this white girl carrying bamboo? Whites around the world act like saviors, but never promote the good of other societies.
@@brightlight7217 You are painting every human of a specific ethnicity with the same brush. I encourage you to get out and meet more people and try to understand them before judging. I promise, your life would be enriched the more people you meet, because you'll see most are just like you regardless of ethnicity. :)
Boom!the Chinese have been building with bamboo for centuries. White people are not that creative as they would like us to imagine,just opportunists and seasoned in the art of exploitation without other races-they have nothing and own nothing. Shameless cultural appropriationists.
Okiba back in the Philippines i live in our bamboo house with four bedrooms 2 storey and been there for 32 yrs now.we renovated it few times. I slept on the floor of bamboo, bed made of bamboo etc. It is so cool and i miss it a lot. I was born in that house.
@@dimago11 Certainly the uniformity of our manufactured building materials we commonly use does make them easier in many ways to work with. But other traits of bamboo such as its flexibility, its ability to span long distances without support, and its light weight make it easier to work with in those ways. The biggest reduction in the cost of bamboo as a building material compared to traditional building materials like tree lumber is the rate at which viable, appropriately sized plants can be grown, harvested, and replenished is a fraction of what it takes to produce tree lumber. Much more bamboo can be produced in much less time using much less land and is much easier to harvest. This all drives its cost down significantly lower than tree lumber. If you believe traditional materials are cheaper than bamboo I challenge you to build comparable structures to these in her video out of those commonly used materials and see what those buildings will cost you. First the materials themselves will be much more expensive. Second the amount of building materials required to support those structures and span those open spaces without center supports will be greater. It will require more traditional materials to build similar structures because it will require beefier supports, thicker floor and ceiling joists, and most likely require more expensive steel I-beams to cover the vast open spaces without obtrusive center supports.. The nature of bamboo enables it to span great distances with very narrow, hollow light weight structural supports which results in less building material being required to support the structure...meaning a smaller amount of building material that is much less expensive to produce is required. That translates into a significantly lower building costs.
@@Roo2ooR As long as you have a small army of highly skilled craftsmen you may next to nothing to weave floors and ceilings together... You have to face it maybe it can be optimised to a point where it is as good or better than traditional building but this entire thing relies on hard, long and arduous labour which if you paid them like normal tradesmen in America would be paid would be completely unaffordable. The time these people spent on building that house will be astronomical compared to traditional building. This is not realistically sustainable. It was only possible there because there is an excess of tradesmen, it is a poor country and nobody is building these kinds of things yet. If everyone needs these craftsmen their wages go up and nobody will be able to afford them anymore. There may very well be promise in it if you can create an industry and standards that match those of traditional building. Otherwise it is just an interesting experiment but little more. You can make a house out of plastic bottles or legos, solid granite or glass as well that doesn't mean it could ever become standard building practice which is determined by cost, sustainability and availibility.
Living here in Florida I relocated some bamboo growing in an area that was going to be leveled for a new recreational building. I have no idea what type of bamboo it was but I planted in my backyard and one of the most fascinating things about bamboo is that if you sit there and just watch it you can actually see it growing you can see it moving that was the most unbelievable experience I ever had
Dont be extremist. Bamboo is a fantastic material but use it with more combination of other materials. That house is extremely vulnerable to fire. BTW who said "until recently noone knew how to protect bamboo against insects"? Check 'Japanology Bamboo' here. There are bamboos more than 1000 yo still in working condition in Japan.
well each wooden house is. Moreover concrete and brick wall houses are too vulnerable because we usually use wallpapers or wall paint which are extremely flammable
I remembered my brother made my first piggy bank out of bamboo, and i saved every single change i had after i came back from school. After a few years it got eaten by mites, so he split it opened with machete and later made me a new one. I was my fondest memory of him.
MusFuzZ They are obviously not for anything colder than subtropical, but in their apropriate climate zones they are pretty awesome. I'm sure there won't be more bugs than any other homes, even US houses get eaten by termites. Where I live I can see planting bamboo and using it mixed with basalt rock to make a hybrid house, brick walls, bamboo cieling. And she did explicitly mention air conditioning, as well as the fact that the expansive areas cool naturally. I would gladly live in one...
***** air conditioning is useless. It changes the entire composition of our nervous system. It's like taking an ice cold shower, you eventually get use to it.
Aww watched this last week so amazing! Always been drawn to architecture and when you add renewable resources for amazing projects like this my heart soars! Exciting! I love ur story! The world needs more environmentally sound ideas for our future generations!
Man, that bamboo house in the beginning looks so very appealing. I would always walk barefoot. It's unfortunate that warm climates come with all kinds of nasty critters, that such a open house will not keep out.
This is still amazing to me. I watched this video a long time ago, 3 or 4 years ago, and when I saw it back in my feed I clicked on it right away. I desire to live in a house using this sustainable material when I am out of school. It is so inspiring, thank you Elora Hardy.
In Bowen Island, BC there's a company that makes tiny homes made of hemp. They use Hempcrete which is a concrete made of hemp hurd, fibre and lime, making it a renewable building material.
But in their country that is likely a good pay! those guys she use must get a higher pay than the average i'm sure. They must be the best she can find to make it that beautiful.
U don't know nothing about it. Actually the lowest labour in bali, get paid around 10 $ per day(8 hours). And overtime will paid. And for young architech get paid around 1000 $ per month. Btw i am indonesian.
Chinese are laughing, 'You Westerners getting excited about four to five thousand year old building material' Edit: For everybody who doesn't understand the existence of humour, the Chinese would find it amusing that we are only discovering this great material now.........
I am saying the Chinese are laughing at the west because they have been using it for years. I'm not sure how you thought the comment was an attack on the East, I guess there is a racist behind every corner huh....
I love bamboo, 'guadua" (accent on the fist "a") we call it in Colombia. Although the structure shown here are pretty, it is design with too much bamboo everywhere, it looks cluttered. Guadua has two important characteristics: it is so strong that it does not need many columns to hold it on corridors and balcony awnings , so one can "fly" the roof almost 9 feet out without worrying the bamboo is going to bend or brake. The other characteristic is that it lasts "forever". We have a joke stating that guadua lasts longer than the great grand parents' "bacinilla" or bacinica which is used under the bed for 50 years, then is used for 20 years as a flower pot and then is left out on a lot for another 100 years.Well, bamboo lasts longer than a "bacinilla'. If anyone's interested or want to see beauty, check the colombian bamboo houses.
A few things I noticed - she classified bamboo as a grass then refers to it as timber.... and if everything is handmade the cost has to be astronomical.
Another useful technology in implementing Bamboo in "conventional buildings" are "Engineered Bamboo Products" Essentially you cut the bamboo to standard lengths, then run it to something akin to a "log splitter", then these sticks/sections are planed. They can be processed via a variety of techniques (steam, heat, pressing, shredding, splitting, etc) into something akin to plywood, oriented strand lumber, etc. It is not designed/marketed for structural use per se but see "Bamboo Flooring" / "Bamboo Countertops" It can in essence though be substituted for "2x4's" and plywood sheets among other similar things. I think these "drop in solutions" would be much easier to implement / more widespread (although those Magical Bamboo Palaces look amazing and i would love to see more things in that style! )
Yeah but here in the US where we get snow, we need walls to keep the frigid temperature out. But, for places like Bali, it is perfect! Thanks for sharing
@@danwlilvi4384 what do you expect lol, I mean tbh better just go to public schools. Some public schools also are more expensive to get it than this school
Humans have been building with bamboo for thousands of years.what on earth is this woman talking about? I swear the generation of humans on earth today truly think they have discovered everything first.ugh!!
Jasonm Gavitt I believe she's encouraging people to use bamboo for houses instead of timber and concrete because they're sustainable materials. I think that's what she's on. She seemed to know too that humans have been using bamboo even in the past. I mean she just showed us an old picture of a bridge built using bamboo in Indonesia.
I think these structures are stunning, I would be elated to be able to call one of these masterpieces a home . I wish I could have a home made of bamboo...I love the uniqueness of it❤️
I have way too many questions/concerns about this. Anyone who's ever had a basket would have too. Once one weave comes undone the entire thing can start to come undone. I'm not saying that WILL happen but what I will say is there are a number of concerns like that. I'm absolutely certain this comes with pros and cons. The price would be a big factor for people. If this cost more than a normal house then it wouldn't be sufficient to replace traditional housing. Then there's the case of how long she said it'll last. "a lifetime" for some of us that might be fine, but for those who want a family home. Can it last generations? This is a big question, because if I pay more for this than a traditional house, and a traditional house lasts longer, and is something I can pass on to my children. I'd never be interested in a home like this. It's a fascinating idea and maybe there's some potential to it. I'd love to see something as common as grass possibly become viable and acceptable in all fields and any form of cons outweighed by it's pros, and no "It's green" isn't enough on it's own. Because if you can't afford it or it's unreliable to begin with you'll never build it in the first place. So she's built on the grand scheme of things under 100 houses I guess?? That wouldn't be what I'd call sufficient testing but it's a start I guess. I'd love to see more about where this is going, and where it's gone in the past 5 years. Maybe I'll do some of my own research.
Once again, a magnificent idea that only the rich can afford. Custom building like that takes a huge crew and a huge amount of time. Not very practical.
She is showing us the masterpieces for the presentation because they show their artistic qualities, but mainly her goal is to promote the use of bamboo for housing in Cambodia, which I think is great. I think that is what was missing in her presentation, was how to use bamboo for nice, but easier to build, smaller and more affordable housing.
Your failing to recognize that the examples she shows are masterpieces but the principles hold true even in more affordable designs. If you were to build and compare comparable structures made from typical building materials the cost to build them would be many times greater. Sure these bamboo homes are expensive bamboo homes but they are much cheaper than if they had been built with commonly available materials and the same would apply to more affordable versions of bamboo homes as well.
This is great and all and I applaud the sustainable efforts, but in order for this to make a dent you need government subsidies or private grants to scale this for low income and middle class families as a form to provide faster, affordable housing.
These structures have a kingly feel into them. I feel like if I lived in a community with those kinds of houses.... WOW! in our country our ancestors used to live in a bamboo hut but the structure was different and basic. This is amazing!
The possibilities are endless! What a dream and a nightmare all the same time using bamboo. Such amazing endless possibilities with the use of bamboo. Of course, this would not be feasible in all locations and climates. Also, Elora has this natural beauty to her.
Lives off everything our whole planet lives off of. However, I’m wondering if it exchanges oxygen for carbon monoxide like other plants and trees. Just think how easy it would be to grow bamboo and hemp and natural earth material. Just think of the things we can build and save our planet from destruction. Our planet is our heart. Feed it healthy living. Love it. Love it. Love it.
Jd Ck It looks like the one shown is a holiday apartment for £216 a night, so I think that's squarely middle class for westerners. So I've just found the prices for similar places and they are surprisingly cheap. It's about $275k for somewhere that looks impressive, so you can choose between that or a tiny box in London, maybe the dream if you can work remote. I keep seeing the phase "last a lifetime" which is weird because a house should last much longer than that.
I love the open airy look of these, and the fact that so many people were employed to craft them. These aren't for everywhere, but they sure are working for Bali. Bamboo fabric is great as well. Great ideas, yay!
@Darkhandsome From a different point of view than yours ... in a different cultural context ... it is NOT condecending or degrading. It has to do with the fact of acknowledging that there are regions in the world which are less developed and are in "a very bad shape" financially and industrially. This is more than just a reminder that richer countries need to help others ... It is ment to give room for applying different "rules" for these countries and their specific needs ... But of course cultural context also does change over decades and centuries. There is no need for you to sling insults at me. Have a nice day ;)
Well, it was not my intention to sling insults at you and I don't think I said anything insulting but I am sorry if you feel insulted. However; this is how most of us feel each time those Europeans and Americans refer to us as people from the third world or our countries as third countries. There is only one world and we are from the same world, not because Europeans and Americans have stolen and continue to steal our resources to enrich themselves and make us and our countries poorer!
Darkhandsome it doesn't matter whether Europeans or Americans have quote on quote stolen your resources you all were tribal and weren't going to do s*** anyway since the beginning of time every race tribe Creed has fought and stolen for resources so don't start that BS you are just mad because your tribe were the losers you're not a good person if given the opportunity you switch places in the heart beat that's why you're still bitching like someone owes you something people like you keep a life victim card in the back of your wallets
My Mom: "How should your House look like?" She: Is drawing a Mushroom. Aaaand ... Mommy build a house for her daughter. Wow ... My Mom only can knitting.
muchookees So wikipedia has gained enough information to become a sentient being and has decided that it just wants to make intelligent youtube comments?
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Dear ones, I'm Brazilian. I'm an architect and civil engineer. Everything that you have shown up so far fits and is being considered in my post doctoral thesis. It is a time when we need to reconcile millennial teachings of construction talk and negotiate with modern arrogance of infrastructure about sustainability. I believe and I support 100% your concept. I will soon be going to Bali to visit your project and I can already say that the future of humanity depends on initiatives like this one. With all my affection respect and love for the planet. We should have people like you multiplied by 1000000000000.
I wish I could be there and live there. Wonders of the imagination
Such a wonderful resource. We need to harness the power and use it to replace trees and stop deforestation.
Przepiękna architektura arcydzieło ! ślicznie wykonane , na całej ziemi powinny takie budowle być świat byłby piękniejszy !
Brilliant, astounding, beautiful
That makes sense to treat the bamboo to last. The lumber industry treats wood products to last.
Amazing!
Beautiful work. Congratulations on your achievement. Very inspirational.
Hello pe-oples,
Bamboo can easily be treated with non toxic methods to resist rot & bugs. This building was created as an artistic version of a home. Just like in fashion shows, the clothes created are not for daily wear they are to inspire. They mentioned covering certain areas with canvas (cotton).
The thing is almost the entire house can be built using engineered bamboo products, things like dimensional lumber, cloth, paper, roofing, flooring, countertops, and many other things. Just becauae this structure was mostly built with bamboo in raw form (cylindrical segmented tubes) does not mean its limited to that form. The fibers in bamboo only go in one direction so it is strongest in that direction. But it can be chopped into chips and utilize that strength in an omni-directionl manor. Much like usb only stronger and less susceptible to moisture damage. Imagine usb half the weight and twice the strength. A 6" formed i-beam is as strong as an 8 inch steel i-beam and 10% the weight.
Almost everything from fashion to construction be replicated by using bamboo and it grows like a weed.
In such a climate it may be nice to live in an open structure, but apart from inviting insects, rodents and snakes in, I fear it is also very attractive to burglars. If you build something like this in a country like the Philippines, your flatscreen, laptop and microwave will be gone after your first visit to the market.
It depends on the place, I mean I wouldn't build something like this in urban areas but this would be very ideal in rural villages but then again I'm still very concerned about fire since bamboo is a light material and burns easily.
One of the main reasons why I prefer the provinces compare to big cities like manila.
BelgianTuber yeah depends on the place. I live in the province. when we go out, we leave our doors and gates unlocked. we don't worry coz we have 9 dogs who bite strangers haha
i agree with BelgianTuber
even in the province a house like this would be a target
unless there was a caretaker resident 24/7 365
and that assumes you can trust the caretaker!
consider that it is a principle that goes beyond all this. t
he project deals with a third world economy,. If you live in Europe, or USAin a country with first order world economy, surely you can buy a 2 buy 4 and fix your home. Advice: You should travel a little and understand what other families who do not have anything need to survive in countries that do offer any support for you and you family. She says that at the beginning of the movie. You could not see that?
Incredible ... how much does it cost to build a house like that ... really blows my socks off.
I'd love to live in a house like that. The bathroom problem is a big one though.
Bless you Elora.. Bali owe you
Fabulous. Impressive. And inspiring.
Fascinating talk.
What is the life span of bamboo? When does it start to rot or how long before it needs to be replaced?
Ah, I asked the question prematurely.
I love these designs, but I don't think I could ever live in a home that's that open...
must do this thank you
Bamboo is great but terrifying when you imagine a fire going on
This is awesome
very nice thinking brother
i was working near burma border refuge camp Maela near Maeson tak city 38 500 people only bambo house this hotel make me smiliing haha
very good
Maintenance must be a pain.
not really, you just need to clean it, that's all
Madman0001 Do You have OCD? If not, you will be fine.
Madman0001 ....yeh it is...
There is a bamboo termite in the tropics that will reduce your citadel into a pile of dust in duration of a 3 course meal...
Plus bamboo exposed to humidity and especially rain and sun dries out fast and splits, so oiling every 6 months is crucial in exposed areas...
Did you even watch the whole video? She actually mentioned the termites and said, that they treat the bamboo with some kind of salt to protect it from insects and water..
in our province in Philippines... we soak the bamboo in the see for days... it could last your home atleast 10 years...
Sexism smells bad.
My house is made of bamboo.. Most of the people in my hometown has bamboo houses.
I wonder if this is viable for cold climates
how long this house can last?
I did live in a bamboo house when I was younger in Thailand, though it was much simpler and we didn't have a toilet nor running water. We had to collect rain water with a system built on the roof which allowed to fill two huge jars - we used that water for everything, from drinking to showering. Traditional houses built by people in Asia are very beautiful and comfortable, you just need to add mosquito nets, solar panels (or other sustainable sources of energy) and eventually have a well for running water. Here in Cambodia, people make something called a compost toilet where basically by mixing your feces with other ingredients you get great compost for your vegetable garden which doesn't smell and look just like soil. Basically, if you can manage to grow your own food as well then you are done. You can do everything yourself; we don't need luxury items anymore, we need a comfy and practical place which we can call home also because most of us don't have a lot of money and still wish to live a happy and comfortable life.
Beautiful. We are on our way there. I began using a composing toilet last year. Nothing better for the food than poo and pee! :)
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Very simple indeed..
I LOVE IT
How well does bamboo do when the house settles over time? My home was built in 1936, and I had to replace a small, 6 pane french window that opens out, and my son left it open for over a year, so when I went to shut it, it wouldn't shut, didn't fit the window frame anymore, that's how much the house had settled in one year. Since bamboo is so light & curved (and I assume don't match perfectly), would that make it settle even worse? It seems like a bamboo home would eventually get really warped.
I love the idea of free form structures that deviate from 90 degree angles. This bamboo construction takes that idea to a whole new level. I love it!
You'll love Zaha Hadid's work, and may she rest in peace
@@RareCandeh lol I was about to say the same thing! "There are 360 degrees, why only pick one of them" - Zaha Hadid
Like an Elf house >_
I first came to Bali in 1976, when the island was little more than sweeping rice fields, pristine beaches and happy-go-lucky natives. Then the island got ‘discovered.’ Today the rice fields and beaches are buried under tons of concrete and mountains of garbage. Millions of tourists clamor over every square inch, the traffic is worse than downtown LA, and rich foreigners exploit the land with expensive 'environmental friendly' villas like this. Where once stood stands of teak, mahogany and rosewood, now stand another convenience store - and good luck finding any of that 'environmentally friendly' bamboo for your dream house.
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yes, I see your point... the simpler the better... the sky and environment provide the beauty... a simple shelter is enough for most lives or even better ultimately for everyone... AND all animal habitat.
I suggest you to go to northern part of Bali island
I suggest you to go to northern part of Bali island
Wow, "Tim Countis" doesn't sound like a native Balinese name... Sad that other white people have discovered your exotic paradise?
Thats what architecture should do:
You see the house and you immediately want to live there.
And then you envy those who can... :)
I don't want to live there.
I want to leave in a bamboo house. But..... I think more and more bamboo house than no bamboo anymore. Or no bamboo at all!
sdhpCH agreed
bamboo is fast growing grass. 2 years and you can harvest them :)
Same here. We have a great summer house and my dad told me about how they built an extra room. So I looked now at the house and said: I want to build a mother fucking TOWAH!!
And so that's my goal now to one day expand the summer house with a sweet looking tower
These kind of houses are in the Philippines too. I was born and raised in a bahay kubo. We use mosquito nets when we sleep. I love how this video shows a more creative bamboo houses and furnitures.
One of our neighbors in the Philippines bought a tiny kubo (php 50,000 about $1,000) and placed it on their roof top. It was very cozy and cool breeze goes through it.
campupot blues didn't she said it in bali...??
Andra Utd She meant they also use bamboo for their houses just not as creative as in the video.
yes it's common to our country because there are so many poor families there wo can't afford to buy or build a cemented house and besides it is more cheaper,however im not certain if its typhoon resistant cause its made out of light materials and obviously not a fire resistant.well it is in our culture.
And in northeast India.
@@andraautd it doesn't exist only in Bali. All around the world, including southeast and South Asia
I love these structures but they seem like they're made for rich people. Also I don't see how they would work in cooler or cold climates.
yet i wonnu know that too
Bamboo is common in tropics not cold areas but I agree it also gets cold in tropics
That was the point. Bamboo is seen as a poor man's material so she wanted to change that perspective by creating houses that the rich would buy
@@martinmontagut2920 no rich person would live in a flammable house that you can't lock up.
@@MyMotherWasaNinja u completely misunderstood the whole point of the video then
i just hope those workers were paid fairly. thats a lot of work to take for granted
I'm sure they were paid enough to compel them to work, I'll assume they enjoyed it more than a Tim Hortons worker here enjoys working to afford a sketchy apartment, bus pass and some low end food. I'd do construction work as a slave before working in retail on min wage. Working without learning is worse than any job that offers knowledge, and they have an almost limitless learning opportunity working with an abundant material here. People can be compelled to work for reasons beyond lucrative compensation, which in itself is not enough for most craftspeople.
@Smileyrie James because that's what capitalists westerners do. They work others like slaves and take credit for the results. Where is the pictures of this white girl carrying bamboo? Whites around the world act like saviors, but never promote the good of other societies.
@@brightlight7217 You are painting every human of a specific ethnicity with the same brush. I encourage you to get out and meet more people and try to understand them before judging. I promise, your life would be enriched the more people you meet, because you'll see most are just like you regardless of ethnicity. :)
Boom!the Chinese have been building with bamboo for centuries.
White people are not that creative as they would like us to imagine,just opportunists and seasoned in the art of exploitation without other races-they have nothing and own nothing.
Shameless cultural appropriationists.
they got paid $1 per week. Thats good enough.
Now I wish my house was built out of bamboo.
Same
Okiba
I want a panda
Okiba back in the Philippines i live in our bamboo house with four bedrooms 2 storey and been there for 32 yrs now.we renovated it few times. I slept on the floor of bamboo, bed made of bamboo etc. It is so cool and i miss it a lot. I was born in that house.
now i wish i had a dad
they look pretty dope
I don't know why I love so much bamboo house than cement ...I was so comfortable of feelings becos of mother nature
I wonder how much these house's cost?? I do not expect they are built for the common man/woman on min wage!! They are beautiful tho...
A lot less than a comparable structure built out of our commonly used building materials...
If you don't need a permit or inspections, this is 100% possible
@@Roo2ooR wrong. common materials are cheaper, easier to work with, and much more reliable.
why do you think they are so common?
@@dimago11 Certainly the uniformity of our manufactured building materials we commonly use does make them easier in many ways to work with. But other traits of bamboo such as its flexibility, its ability to span long distances without support, and its light weight make it easier to work with in those ways. The biggest reduction in the cost of bamboo as a building material compared to traditional building materials like tree lumber is the rate at which viable, appropriately sized plants can be grown, harvested, and replenished is a fraction of what it takes to produce tree lumber. Much more bamboo can be produced in much less time using much less land and is much easier to harvest. This all drives its cost down significantly lower than tree lumber. If you believe traditional materials are cheaper than bamboo I challenge you to build comparable structures to these in her video out of those commonly used materials and see what those buildings will cost you. First the materials themselves will be much more expensive. Second the amount of building materials required to support those structures and span those open spaces without center supports will be greater. It will require more traditional materials to build similar structures because it will require beefier supports, thicker floor and ceiling joists, and most likely require more expensive steel I-beams to cover the vast open spaces without obtrusive center supports.. The nature of bamboo enables it to span great distances with very narrow, hollow light weight structural supports which results in less building material being required to support the structure...meaning a smaller amount of building material that is much less expensive to produce is required. That translates into a significantly lower building costs.
@@Roo2ooR As long as you have a small army of highly skilled craftsmen you may next to nothing to weave floors and ceilings together... You have to face it maybe it can be optimised to a point where it is as good or better than traditional building but this entire thing relies on hard, long and arduous labour which if you paid them like normal tradesmen in America would be paid would be completely unaffordable. The time these people spent on building that house will be astronomical compared to traditional building. This is not realistically sustainable. It was only possible there because there is an excess of tradesmen, it is a poor country and nobody is building these kinds of things yet. If everyone needs these craftsmen their wages go up and nobody will be able to afford them anymore. There may very well be promise in it if you can create an industry and standards that match those of traditional building. Otherwise it is just an interesting experiment but little more. You can make a house out of plastic bottles or legos, solid granite or glass as well that doesn't mean it could ever become standard building practice which is determined by cost, sustainability and availibility.
I'm guessing there are some backsides to this that she's not telling us about.
still kinda cool though.
fire?
typhoons at 200kph+ are common southeast asia
Definitely not good for colder weather I don't think.
some backsides:
bugs, cost, maintenance, the toilet, centrally hinged teardrop doors, fire, wind, more bugs....
Dr. No at least you have the right name… you obviously didn’t watch the video however. I think it’s exquisite.
All instagram models: *heavy breathing intensifies*
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Living here in Florida I relocated some bamboo growing in an area that was going to be leveled for a new recreational building. I have no idea what type of bamboo it was but I planted in my backyard and one of the most fascinating things about bamboo is that if you sit there and just watch it you can actually see it growing you can see it moving that was the most unbelievable experience I ever had
codes prevent us from being artistic, what ever happen to free country?
I love it. Saw this years ago and just rewatched it now, 2018. She is such a good speaker and the structures are truly amazing 💚
Dont be extremist. Bamboo is a fantastic material but use it with more combination of other materials.
That house is extremely vulnerable to fire.
BTW who said "until recently noone knew how to protect bamboo against insects"?
Check 'Japanology Bamboo' here. There are bamboos more than 1000 yo still in working condition in Japan.
well each wooden house is. Moreover concrete and brick wall houses are too vulnerable because we usually use wallpapers or wall paint which are extremely flammable
The whole Western civilization is marked by extremism. You'll never find balanced thinking in anything they do. This video is the same.
@@MaruskaStarshaya you didn't get what OP was saying. Try to read his comment again.
@@MaruskaStarshaya absolute bullshit
@@granada1493 amazing that you know everything about the whole of western civilisation and everything they do.
I remembered my brother made my first piggy bank out of bamboo, and i saved every single change i had after i came back from school. After a few years it got eaten by mites, so he split it opened with machete and later made me a new one. I was my fondest memory of him.
I want one :) Can someone spot me a couple of million? XD
Awesome :D!
The Jony yeaah, in impoverished countries where the workforce is super cheap.
The Jony and more terrible. there are bugs, no air conditioning, and probably other stuff that she didn't talk about.
MusFuzZ They are obviously not for anything colder than subtropical, but in their apropriate climate zones they are pretty awesome. I'm sure there won't be more bugs than any other homes, even US houses get eaten by termites. Where I live I can see planting bamboo and using it mixed with basalt rock to make a hybrid house, brick walls, bamboo cieling. And she did explicitly mention air conditioning, as well as the fact that the expansive areas cool naturally. I would gladly live in one...
***** air conditioning is useless. It changes the entire composition of our nervous system. It's like taking an ice cold shower, you eventually get use to it.
Bamboo Built 6 story house in BALI. Very nice
CÖÖL
Let's move there... Can I take Montana's Mountains with me?
the time for sweet.
You were in *Bali*, did you visit this house *****?
Amid Yousef Yes, I would like to know, are these places open to public ? They really look very nice :)
Aww watched this last week so amazing! Always been drawn to architecture and when you add renewable resources for amazing projects like this my heart soars! Exciting! I love ur story! The world needs more environmentally sound ideas for our future generations!
Man, that bamboo house in the beginning looks so very appealing. I would always walk barefoot. It's unfortunate that warm climates come with all kinds of nasty critters, that such a open house will not keep out.
Adrian Except in Dubai, there it's dust you want to keep out.
inspiring architecture ! Loved it ! her name is also beautiful. I will name my girl Elora!
This is still amazing to me. I watched this video a long time ago, 3 or 4 years ago, and when I saw it back in my feed I clicked on it right away. I desire to live in a house using this sustainable material when I am out of school. It is so inspiring, thank you Elora Hardy.
hemp does not have issues with bugs.
giant companies don't want you to know all about hemp
Maggy Frog
That is true. But I know quite a lot about hemp... 😎 I also know that all the big companies are blocking it...
In Bowen Island, BC there's a company that makes tiny homes made of hemp. They use Hempcrete which is a concrete made of hemp hurd, fibre and lime, making it a renewable building material.
Plus, it's fiber is water resistant
It also doesn't have 70 foot stems.
I think hemp + bamboo is a good combo. Someone tell this lady.
One more use: deposit coins in the bamboo each time you do laundry. By the time you move out you have money for retirement.
Genius ☺️
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Wtf, pennies wont cover any retirement lol. De-illusional.
gold coins yes
Earth quake resistant is great. Wish it was hurricane resistant as well!
Diet Pie Diaries typical woman
@@user-yx7dp2pl8t Looking at something from a reasonable angle? Hurricanes are a thing on islands like Bali, fyi
just build a new one..
oh just build it again.
if you have something that is hurricane resistant please share it with the class.... Because regular homes are also destroyed by them.
Not fire or termite resistant
Excellent talk, great speaker and teacher. Loved her presentation.
Beautiful craftsmanship!
I'd love to move there and live in one one myself.
Move please, Bali is literally heaven.
Wow, wow - now this is a dream house! Well done.
With money everything is beautiful isn't it 🤔🤔🤔
my only question is . why no mention of the cost ? 6 story 8000 square foot home = 2 ? 3? 4? million ?
@@lionbear7706 very expensive homes 😊
I want just enough bamboo to build a nice teepee.
‘If what you’ve got is skilled craftsman’ (paid $0.14 an hour)
But in their country that is likely a good pay! those guys she use must get a higher pay than the average i'm sure. They must be the best she can find to make it that beautiful.
Cost of living is probably also cheaper in those countries
U don't know nothing about it.
Actually the lowest labour in bali, get paid around 10 $ per day(8 hours). And overtime will paid.
And for young architech get paid around 1000 $ per month.
Btw i am indonesian.
@Wahyu Nux
I’ve employed people in Bali. $5 a day labour is very easy to find.
@@poerava it is make sense .the uper coment say 0.14 cent per hour. It is not make sense.
Well done, Amazing stuff Bamboo. The Indonesians are Skilled with Bamboo.
I feel like I just sat through a time share presentation. All she needed was a push at the end to invest. Blick.
Perfect for a ted talk, and for rich dweebs to call their home. But how to tackle this infestation we call humanity.. any thoughts on that?
This is simply magnificent, well presented, truly an art form in its own right.
Awesome talk, Elora. Big congrats!
Chinese are laughing, 'You Westerners getting excited about four to five thousand year old building material'
Edit: For everybody who doesn't understand the existence of humour, the Chinese would find it amusing that we are only discovering this great material now.........
please be smart,
Haha EXACTLY !!! OMG THEY THINK THEY SRE THE FIRST FOR EVERYTHING.
She talk about the design, the architecture, so stop it before you get your self embarrassment
Clearly you didn't watch the whole thing at 5:25
I am saying the Chinese are laughing at the west because they have been using it for years. I'm not sure how you thought the comment was an attack on the East, I guess there is a racist behind every corner huh....
This talk was rather too waffley for me. very interesting architecture though.
yeah, interesting work, but she came across as a bit eccentric and off
She drew a mushroom house and daddy & mummy built it, now daddy & mummy pay local talent to build amazing bamboo houses and she takes all the credit.
People who live in bamboo houses...
...should beware of hungry pandas.
MelCanuck I just LOL'd!! Thanks for the giggle!😂💜
they eat the shoots not the actual bamboo
Also termites like to eat Bamboo 😱
"....or appaerently, one woman" hahahahahaha...Sigh
That thing was mainly designed and made by her father...
@@withastickangrywhiteman2822 she's an idiot. Sexist idiot.
@@LitoGeorge Also, she's not that bright. A freshly harvested bamboo is so much heavier than a dried old bamboo that the woman is carrying.
@@MisterM007 it was a joke
This video is wonderful & I wish it was an hour long! The artisans are incredibly talented & brilliant!!
I love bamboo, 'guadua" (accent on the fist "a") we call it in Colombia. Although the structure shown here are pretty, it is design with too much bamboo everywhere, it looks cluttered. Guadua has two important characteristics: it is so strong that it does not need many columns to hold it on corridors and balcony awnings , so one can "fly" the roof almost 9 feet out without worrying the bamboo is going to bend or brake. The other characteristic is that it lasts "forever". We have a joke stating that guadua lasts longer than the great grand parents' "bacinilla" or bacinica which is used under the bed for 50 years, then is used for 20 years as a flower pot and then is left out on a lot for another 100 years.Well, bamboo lasts longer than a "bacinilla'. If anyone's interested or want to see beauty, check the colombian bamboo houses.
A few things I noticed - she classified bamboo as a grass then refers to it as timber.... and if everything is handmade the cost has to be astronomical.
SE Asian, welcome to $3 to $4 a day for jungle / provience labor.
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Another useful technology in implementing Bamboo in "conventional buildings" are "Engineered Bamboo Products"
Essentially you cut the bamboo to standard lengths, then run it to something akin to a "log splitter", then these sticks/sections are planed. They can be processed via a variety of techniques (steam, heat, pressing, shredding, splitting, etc) into something akin to plywood, oriented strand lumber, etc. It is not designed/marketed for structural use per se but see "Bamboo Flooring" / "Bamboo Countertops"
It can in essence though be substituted for "2x4's" and plywood sheets among other similar things. I think these "drop in solutions" would be much easier to implement / more widespread (although those Magical Bamboo Palaces look amazing and i would love to see more things in that style! )
Wow. Amazing architecture. Love the free flowing form of those structures.
Yeah but here in the US where we get snow, we need walls to keep the frigid temperature out. But, for places like Bali, it is perfect! Thanks for sharing
As balinese, from the bottom of my heart, just wanna say Thank you for making it in bali. We proud of you.
I putu surya Sujana and only those who are privileged can get in there. the commoners just go to public school.
@@danwlilvi4384 what do you expect lol, I mean tbh better just go to public schools. Some public schools also are more expensive to get it than this school
Humans have been building with bamboo for thousands of years.what on earth is this woman talking about?
I swear the generation of humans on earth today truly think they have discovered everything first.ugh!!
Jasonm Gavitt I believe she's encouraging people to use bamboo for houses instead of timber and concrete because they're sustainable materials. I think that's what she's on. She seemed to know too that humans have been using bamboo even in the past. I mean she just showed us an old picture of a bridge built using bamboo in Indonesia.
I think these structures are stunning, I would be elated to be able to call one of these masterpieces a home . I wish I could have a home made of bamboo...I love the uniqueness of it❤️
I have way too many questions/concerns about this. Anyone who's ever had a basket would have too. Once one weave comes undone the entire thing can start to come undone. I'm not saying that WILL happen but what I will say is there are a number of concerns like that.
I'm absolutely certain this comes with pros and cons. The price would be a big factor for people. If this cost more than a normal house then it wouldn't be sufficient to replace traditional housing. Then there's the case of how long she said it'll last. "a lifetime" for some of us that might be fine, but for those who want a family home. Can it last generations? This is a big question, because if I pay more for this than a traditional house, and a traditional house lasts longer, and is something I can pass on to my children. I'd never be interested in a home like this.
It's a fascinating idea and maybe there's some potential to it. I'd love to see something as common as grass possibly become viable and acceptable in all fields and any form of cons outweighed by it's pros, and no "It's green" isn't enough on it's own. Because if you can't afford it or it's unreliable to begin with you'll never build it in the first place. So she's built on the grand scheme of things under 100 houses I guess?? That wouldn't be what I'd call sufficient testing but it's a start I guess. I'd love to see more about where this is going, and where it's gone in the past 5 years. Maybe I'll do some of my own research.
Once again, a magnificent idea that only the rich can afford. Custom building like that takes a huge crew and a huge amount of time. Not very practical.
She is showing us the masterpieces for the presentation because they show their artistic qualities, but mainly her goal is to promote the use of bamboo for housing in Cambodia, which I think is great. I think that is what was missing in her presentation, was how to use bamboo for nice, but easier to build, smaller and more affordable housing.
True- playgrounds for the rich.
Your failing to recognize that the examples she shows are masterpieces but the principles hold true even in more affordable designs. If you were to build and compare comparable structures made from typical building materials the cost to build them would be many times greater. Sure these bamboo homes are expensive bamboo homes but they are much cheaper than if they had been built with commonly available materials and the same would apply to more affordable versions of bamboo homes as well.
Here in Colombia it's name is guadua = bambu....guadua it's muisca word...thanks, beautiful work.
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This is great and all and I applaud the sustainable efforts, but in order for this to make a dent you need government subsidies or private grants to scale this for low income and middle class families as a form to provide faster, affordable housing.
These structures have a kingly feel into them. I feel like if I lived in a community with those kinds of houses.... WOW! in our country our ancestors used to live in a bamboo hut but the structure was different and basic. This is amazing!
The possibilities are endless! What a dream and a nightmare all the same time using bamboo. Such amazing endless possibilities with the use of bamboo. Of course, this would not be feasible in all locations and climates. Also, Elora has this natural beauty to her.
"can the floor you walk on change the foot print you leave on the world?.." Yes, it's called SPLINTERS!
Even these these homes look like they cater to the wealthy, it's good to see local population benefitting from jobs created.
And yet still no mentioning/videos of houses made out of Hemp..
Lives off everything our whole planet lives off of. However, I’m wondering if it exchanges oxygen for carbon monoxide like other plants and trees. Just think how easy it would be to grow bamboo and hemp and natural earth material. Just think of the things we can build and save our planet from destruction. Our planet is our heart. Feed it healthy living. Love it. Love it. Love it.
? Of course it does!
Lovely, I'm guessing for wealthy people
Jd Ck No, not true, I'm poor and I live in a bamboo forest in Japan #homelesslife #kimosabe
ashmadallah versteeg your channel settings say you're in Canada
You believe what you see on the Internet? For shame lol
Jd Ck In my country people live in bamboo houses because they can't afford concrete and such. So it's actually pretty cheap :)
Jd Ck It looks like the one shown is a holiday apartment for £216 a night, so I think that's squarely middle class for westerners. So I've just found the prices for similar places and they are surprisingly cheap. It's about $275k for somewhere that looks impressive, so you can choose between that or a tiny box in London, maybe the dream if you can work remote. I keep seeing the phase "last a lifetime" which is weird because a house should last much longer than that.
I know this is an older Video, but it makes me wonder if bamboo could be used in colder climates as a structural building material?
I love the open airy look of these, and the fact that so many people were employed to craft them. These aren't for everywhere, but they sure are working for Bali. Bamboo fabric is great as well. Great ideas, yay!
The description says this woman - who can carry as much as 4 men - built these houses but there isn't a single picture of her doing so.
This is the perfect tool to solve so many problems in the third world!
This is awesome !!!
How many world do we really have on this planet? Why do you white folks always love degrading other people?
@Darkhandsome
From a different point of view than yours ... in a different cultural context ... it is NOT condecending or degrading. It has to do with the fact of acknowledging that there are regions in the world which are less developed and are in "a very bad shape" financially and industrially. This is more than just a reminder that richer countries need to help others ... It is ment to give room for applying different "rules" for these countries and their specific needs ...
But of course cultural context also does change over decades and centuries.
There is no need for you to sling insults at me.
Have a nice day ;)
Well, it was not my intention to sling insults at you and I don't think I said anything insulting but I am sorry if you feel insulted. However; this is how most of us feel each time those Europeans and Americans refer to us as people from the third world or our countries as third countries. There is only one world and we are from the same world, not because Europeans and Americans have stolen and continue to steal our resources to enrich themselves and make us and our countries poorer!
Darkhandsome
it doesn't matter whether Europeans or Americans have quote on quote
stolen your resources you all were tribal and weren't going to do s*** anyway
since the beginning of time
every race tribe Creed has fought and stolen for resources
so don't start that BS
you are just mad because your tribe were the losers
you're not a good person
if given the opportunity you switch places in the heart beat
that's why you're still bitching like someone owes you something
people like you keep a life victim card in the back of your wallets
Thirld World is Just Is Just a Product o f A
SLICE UP A BOULDER? That's radically genius!!
this is impressive! hats off to all the people who made it happen!
My Mom: "How should your House look like?"
She: Is drawing a Mushroom.
Aaaand ... Mommy build a house for her daughter. Wow ... My Mom only can knitting.
I'd rather have a house that won't rot & that won't get eaten.
Blurns Which is why they treat it with this Borax-salt (See 6:06)
***** why do you know so fricken much about borax salt??
Kyle Saunders
Wikipedia sure is smart
muchookees
So wikipedia has gained enough information to become a sentient being and has decided that it just wants to make intelligent youtube comments?
Kyle Saunders
Skynet is here !
In Tripura,India there are places where everthing is made using bamboo, from home to cooking to fishing, etc etc etc
Ok, I'm starting company. We will be building these houses in Syberia. Who wants to buy shares of this enterprise?
I'm sure I can contribute with shredded bamboo insulation
Send contact information
Wow, wow so beautiful! this pose bamboo house could be the monument that identifies Bali worldwide...
INDONESIA
I applaud your vision! I visited Bali in 1983, and have always wanted to go back again. Your school sounds amazing! Thank you!