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- The bamboo could be used to empower the affected communities, especially those who lost their homes and their furnishings. With scalable technology, plant clumps of it can be developed to make emergency house and the furniture strong, flexible, lightweight, and practical.

Morale was carried exhibition “Bamboo and Sustainable Life: Tsunami and Post-Disaster Reconstruction” in the Campus Center Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, 2-8 March. Performances are accompanied by workshops and seminars that show 26 products from bamboo material. This results in the second cooperation between the Musashino Art University, Japan, and Product Design Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD) ITB.

One of the notable works is a dome diameter of about 3 meters draft Takaaki Bando, a professor of science of design from Musashino Art University. Dome structure composed of bamboo planks, assembled with bolts to form a triangle pattern and the hexagon. Although quite thin, the blades form a solid dome, flexible, and lightweight.

This dome is made based on the concept of synergetics. That is, the power structure built from the bond, not pressure. “The design was developed based on the dome of natural law, not just tweaking the brain-the human mind,” said Takaaki Bando in the seminar is limited in the ITB, Monday (8 / 3).

Furthermore, this bamboo dome structure can be applied to create a frame tent, home emergency, or temporary housing. Participants students from ITB and Japan tried to work on it. They make bamboo blades triangular pattern into the roof frame, wall and floor of the tent.

Geometric-shaped framework is then wrapped in cloth to the roof and walls. To be more powerful, the ends of the fabric drawn and attached to the ground. One side of the wall as the doors were opening. At first glance, this design similar to a traditional mountain house in Mongolia.

Home emergency system can be designed with a knock-down-tide aka unloading. That is, the entire structure of bamboo that can be stripped, packed, taken to another place, and then successively connected again when needed. Thus, emergency tents that will easily removable anywhere.

“This donation designers to help people who want to build a post-disaster houses quickly and cheaply. The final form can customize the design of local needs, “said Chairman of Industrial Product Design Division, Faculty of Art and Design ITB Dudy Wiyancoko.

Bamboo structure that is lightweight and flexible, is considered safe for the people in the area of earthquake or tsunami disaster. Communities can also be easily made because the design is scalable and can be studied. Bamboo plants grow too much everywhere.

Furniture
This exhibition also displays a variety of furniture products everyday from bamboo material. Most of the products incorporate a variety of good character design: functional, comfortable to wear, easy to set, as well as beautiful.

Just look at the rectangular seat “PLY” by Ryuta Sakaki from Musashino Art University. Four legs of the chair using a bamboo stick together and bent. Similarly, the seat back and seat. Although seemingly simple, this work is quite practical and good views.

A similar character was on the glass table “Trio KD Table” Yusuke Aunoma claim. He made the skeleton table from bamboo planks rather long. Edge blades were connected with a solid triangle pattern that is strong enough to hold a round glass board on top.

Some designers work from ITB also impressive. One of them “Pincuk Set” by Muhammad Ihsan. She glue some bamboo Sort pincukan wide a kind, like an open boat. This work was completed a few spoonfuls.

Arianti Ayu Puspita tried to use bamboo material to make a push scooter otoped alias. Rely on modular systems, a bike with two wheels that can be used wooden children to play. The work is named “Bamboped”.

Overall, this exhibition illustrates Japan’s highly developed in the processing of bamboo. The works made from raw bamboo from the country not only beautiful and functional, but also processed with high technology.

Japanese designers introduce EDS technology (Ecology-Diversity-Synergy) aka ecological-diversity-synergy. They have a bamboo-processing standards for durable, weather resistant changes, and still have the character of bamboo. This technique derives from the ancient traditions and test results with modern equipment.

Actually, traditional society in the archipelago also has a bamboo-processing techniques. Java community, for example, have long recognized the bamboo preservation by soaking in a certain period. Only, the processing is not standardized in modern standards and measurable.