workshop:

Bamboo Building Bash

Build architectural constructions of bamboo around a wooden bicycle track.

22 Sep 2010
22 Sep 2010

A three day event parallel to Picnic 2010 at the Westergasfabriek terrain in Amsterdam. Lead by bamboo artist Antoon Versteegde and DUS Architects. Come and build a bamboo city with us. September 22, 23 and 24. There will be a Bamboo Building Bash Biking Borrel on Wednesday September 22, 6 pm. Bring your own booze and bike. Please ride the bike track BEFORE drinking.

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Bamboo Building Bash with Antoon Versteegde - First Day of the "Bamboo Building Bash", lead by bamboo artist Antoon Versteegde. Robert Keil

With: Antoon Versteegde
With:
laura mueller, DUS architecten

What?

The workshop is built up around a wooden bike track (that some of you might know from our 'Sur Place' exhibition). This track, commissioned by Mediamatic, was designed by DUS Architects. The track will serve as the 'city-ring'. Around it we'll create an urban bamboo landscape. Every hour you'll see the structure grow, until it's a massive bamboo-constructed city. Antoon Versteegde is known for his immense installations constructed in the public space. DUS Architects specialize in social architecture.

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Bamboo Building Bash - First Day of the "Bamboo Building Bash", lead by bamboo artist Antoon Versteegde. Robert Keil

With: Antoon Versteegde,
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Bamboo Building Bash - First Day of the "Bamboo Building Bash", lead by bamboo artist Antoon Versteegde and DUS Architects. Robert Keil

With: Lars Wannop,
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Bamboo wheel - Picture by Antoon Versteegde

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Location of the workshop - The big grass field in the middle of the Westergasfabriek terrain. Very close to the Espressofabiek and across the Zuiveringshallen. Deborah M. Kōdō