(Clausem Bonifácio e Haruo Mikami/CASACOR)
How to reconcile an
elaborate design with
sustainable principles in a single installation? The answer lies in the project built by Fittipaldi Arquitetura for
CASACOR Brasília 2011. The incredible installation combined bamboo and steel tubes in its structure to create an organic effect of curves and spirals. , like a strand of DNA.
(Clausem Bonifácio e Haruo Mikami/CASACOR)
The installation was assembled with 750
Phylostaquis bamboo sticks and created an unforgettable façade for the exhibition in Brasília. Each bamboo stick –
almost four meters long – was pierced by a 38-millimeter tubular profile, which was installed three meters above the ground.
(Clausem Bonifácio e Haruo Mikami/CASACOR)
The bamboos were fixed on their axis in such a way as to balance them at any point of their vertical or horizontal extension. In this way, when invited to move the sticks on their axis, in order to modify the surface of the installation, visitors could do so. it without any major problems.
(Clausem Bonifácio e Haruo Mikami/CASACOR)
The intention behind the use of bamboo in this installation was to demonstrate the
more than possible convergence between technology and sustainability . It is no longer news that the architecture market is increasingly looking for
environmentally responsible, economical and durable solutions to build without harming the natural environment. Thus, the incredible installation is more current than ever and also sheds light on
bamboo as a sustainable alternative to wood .
(Clausem Bonifácio e Haruo Mikami/CASACOR)
The façade of
CASACOR Brasília 2011 was the first project
done jointly by the two generations of the Fittipaldi Arquitetura office , including the son Eduardo Fittipaldi and the couple Regina and Sergio Fittipaldi. On that occasion, the office took home the
CASACOR 2011 Award in the category Most Sustainable Project of the show.
