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santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

Santuario Ekawa para humanos y naturaleza

Laboratorio de bambú

simbiosis entre los humanos y la naturaleza

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

Bamboo Architecture

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

Our bamboo home has no walls - it’s open to the rainforest. That means that sometimes a snake slithers in or a spider pays a visit. But in 7 years, nothing dangerous has happened.
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The openness of bamboo architecture means what comes in can just as easily go out. It invites the wind, the birdsong, and sometimes the unexpected guest, but it never traps them. Living in a house, where the forest replaces the walls, is a constant reminder of our profound connection with nature.
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We’ve learned to live with awareness, not fear. The way our house invites us to inhabit the territory reminds us of a practice in indigenous cultures called "sit spot": choosing a place and returning to it daily, just to sit. The more you are present, the more you see patterns. Your nervous system softens, as well as everything around you. And this gradual cultivation leads to a sudden awakening: you are part of the forest, it doesn't consider you an outsider any longer.
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Watch until the end to meet some of the wild neighbours who’ve wandered through in the last few months. Thanks to @lipsma and @nicolas_abrill for contributing clips of wildlife they've encountered while at Ekawa!
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#bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #ecoliving #livinginnature #keepitwild #snakes #spiders #creepiecrawlies #designwithnature #wildlife #wildhouse

Our bamboo home has no walls - it’s open to the rainforest. That means that sometimes a snake slithers in or a spider pays a visit. But in 7 years, nothing dangerous has happened.
.
The openness of bamboo architecture means what comes in can just as easily go out. It invites the wind, the birdsong, and sometimes the unexpected guest, but it never traps them. Living in a house, where the forest replaces the walls, is a constant reminder of our profound connection with nature.
.
We’ve learned to live with awareness, not fear. The way our house invites us to inhabit the territory reminds us of a practice in indigenous cultures called "sit spot": choosing a place and returning to it daily, just to sit. The more you are present, the more you see patterns. Your nervous system softens, as well as everything around you. And this gradual cultivation leads to a sudden awakening: you are part of the forest, it doesn't consider you an outsider any longer.
.
Watch until the end to meet some of the wild neighbours who’ve wandered through in the last few months. Thanks to @lipsma and @nicolas_abrill for contributing clips of wildlife they've encountered while at Ekawa!
.
#bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #ecoliving #livinginnature #keepitwild #snakes #spiders #creepiecrawlies #designwithnature #wildlife #wildhouse

Some people come to build.
Some come to slow down.
Others come not knowing exactly why…
just that something in them is ready.
Ready to rewild.
To remember.
To root into a rhythm that feels more alive.
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This is for everyone who’s ever said yes...
to the mess, the making,
the laughter, the unknown.
To presence over perfection.
To healing through doing.
To giving yourself to something greater than yourself.
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Thank you for shaping this place with your hands and your heart.
This is how we build.
Together.
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#morethanbuilding #ecobuilding #designwithnature #bamboolab #cocolab #rewilding #creation #togetherness

Some people come to build.
Some come to slow down.
Others come not knowing exactly why…
just that something in them is ready.
Ready to rewild.
To remember.
To root into a rhythm that feels more alive.
.
This is for everyone who’s ever said yes...
to the mess, the making,
the laughter, the unknown.
To presence over perfection.
To healing through doing.
To giving yourself to something greater than yourself.
.
Thank you for shaping this place with your hands and your heart.
This is how we build.
Together.
.
#morethanbuilding #ecobuilding #designwithnature #bamboolab #cocolab #rewilding #creation #togetherness

“Is cutting bamboo the same as cutting down a tree?”

We get this question all the time… and the short answer is, definitely not!

Bamboo is actually one of the most sustainable building materials on the planet:

🌱 it’s a grass, not a tree—cutting it doesn’t kill the plant
🌱 harvesting mature poles stimulates new growth
🌱 it grows incredibly fast (some species up to 1 meter a day!)
🌱 its roots stay intact, preventing soil erosion and storing carbon

At Ekawa, we support the grove in multiple ways: harvesting mature culms and planting new bamboo, so the ecosystem continues to thrive.

Working with bamboo isn’t about taking from the earth, but building with her, in a regenerative cycle that strengthens both nature and our structures.

Working with bamboo isn’t about taking from the earth. It’s about building with her, using a material that naturally regenerates and grows stronger over time.

Did you know that harvesting bamboo was actually an important part of supporting the grove to thrive? Tell us in the comments! ✨

“Is cutting bamboo the same as cutting down a tree?”

We get this question all the time… and the short answer is, definitely not!

Bamboo is actually one of the most sustainable building materials on the planet:

🌱 it’s a grass, not a tree—cutting it doesn’t kill the plant
🌱 harvesting mature poles stimulates new growth
🌱 it grows incredibly fast (some species up to 1 meter a day!)
🌱 its roots stay intact, preventing soil erosion and storing carbon

At Ekawa, we support the grove in multiple ways: harvesting mature culms and planting new bamboo, so the ecosystem continues to thrive.

Working with bamboo isn’t about taking from the earth, but building with her, in a regenerative cycle that strengthens both nature and our structures.

Working with bamboo isn’t about taking from the earth. It’s about building with her, using a material that naturally regenerates and grows stronger over time.

Did you know that harvesting bamboo was actually an important part of supporting the grove to thrive? Tell us in the comments! ✨

We gave them a challenge. And at first… it showed.

Each team was assigned a structural characteristic, and tasked with creating a bamboo model to embody it.

Some of them had never worked with bamboo before.
Some didn’t share a common language.

English. Spanish. Gestures. Awkward laughter.
At first, the space was filled with uncertainty.
How do you collaborate when your ideas are abstract and your communication is limited?

But slowly, something shifted.
They started pointing, feeling, twisting poles, testing curves.
The awkwardness gave way to rhythm.
The confusion gave way to intuition.
Ideas began to take form.
Not through perfect explanations, but through willingness and shared curiosity.

What emerged wasn’t just bamboo models.
It was proof that when we build together, across language, skill level, and uncertainty… we discover new ways to listen, create, and trust.

Because sometimes, the most beautiful things come from not knowing exactly how they’ll turn out.

We gave them a challenge. And at first… it showed.

Each team was assigned a structural characteristic, and tasked with creating a bamboo model to embody it.

Some of them had never worked with bamboo before.
Some didn’t share a common language.

English. Spanish. Gestures. Awkward laughter.
At first, the space was filled with uncertainty.
How do you collaborate when your ideas are abstract and your communication is limited?

But slowly, something shifted.
They started pointing, feeling, twisting poles, testing curves.
The awkwardness gave way to rhythm.
The confusion gave way to intuition.
Ideas began to take form.
Not through perfect explanations, but through willingness and shared curiosity.

What emerged wasn’t just bamboo models.
It was proof that when we build together, across language, skill level, and uncertainty… we discover new ways to listen, create, and trust.

Because sometimes, the most beautiful things come from not knowing exactly how they’ll turn out.

What might school look like in a bamboo village?
Or maybe the better question is…
what could learning become if we stopped trying to fit it into the mold we’ve always known as “school”?

If you’ve been following our journey for the bamboo builds, the earth-based rhythms, the creativity…
This might feel like a side conversation.

But the truth is, as we reimagine how we build, and how we live,
we can’t not talk about how we learn.

Most of us grew up in systems built for efficiency, not wholeness.
The mainstream model of education was designed to produce workers, not wonder.

And while many are waking up to that truth,
the leap to “homeschooling” can feel intimidating, lonely, or like too much to hold alone.

So what if we didn’t do it alone?

What if a child’s education was a community experience?
Rooted in nature, curiosity, and connection. Where play and creativity aren’t the break from learning…
they ARE the learning.

Here at Ekawa, we’re not trying to recreate school.
We’re building something fresh.
We’re shaping what will become a living, breathing learning space.
Not a fixed model. Not a curriculum.
But a question in motion.

A space where children aren’t shaped to fit a system,
but supported to grow into who they already are.

Where intuition is trusted, and learning unfolds organically through intuitive play.

We don’t have all the answers.
But we’re asking better questions,
and shaping something new together.
One beam, one story, one child at a time.

What might school look like in a bamboo village?
Or maybe the better question is…
what could learning become if we stopped trying to fit it into the mold we’ve always known as “school”?

If you’ve been following our journey for the bamboo builds, the earth-based rhythms, the creativity…
This might feel like a side conversation.

But the truth is, as we reimagine how we build, and how we live,
we can’t not talk about how we learn.

Most of us grew up in systems built for efficiency, not wholeness.
The mainstream model of education was designed to produce workers, not wonder.

And while many are waking up to that truth,
the leap to “homeschooling” can feel intimidating, lonely, or like too much to hold alone.

So what if we didn’t do it alone?

What if a child’s education was a community experience?
Rooted in nature, curiosity, and connection. Where play and creativity aren’t the break from learning…
they ARE the learning.

Here at Ekawa, we’re not trying to recreate school.
We’re building something fresh.
We’re shaping what will become a living, breathing learning space.
Not a fixed model. Not a curriculum.
But a question in motion.

A space where children aren’t shaped to fit a system,
but supported to grow into who they already are.

Where intuition is trusted, and learning unfolds organically through intuitive play.

We don’t have all the answers.
But we’re asking better questions,
and shaping something new together.
One beam, one story, one child at a time.

People often ask us, “But don’t you get wet in a house without walls?”
Well… it’s rainy season, it's pouring outside, and we’re nice and dry.
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The roof is alive, planted with siempre viva, a succulent that slows the rain.
Overlapping bamboo canopies guide water away and encourage gentle air flow.
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We don’t keep nature out.
We design with it.
It’s not about walls.
It’s about learning how to live with the weather, not against it.
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#bambooroof #greenroof #bambooarchitecture #greenarchitecture #naturalbuilding #greenroofdesign #bioclimaticdesign #ecobuilding #livingstructures #rainyday #rainforestlife

People often ask us, “But don’t you get wet in a house without walls?”
Well… it’s rainy season, it's pouring outside, and we’re nice and dry.
.
The roof is alive, planted with siempre viva, a succulent that slows the rain.
Overlapping bamboo canopies guide water away and encourage gentle air flow.
.
We don’t keep nature out.
We design with it.
It’s not about walls.
It’s about learning how to live with the weather, not against it.
.
#bambooroof #greenroof #bambooarchitecture #greenarchitecture #naturalbuilding #greenroofdesign #bioclimaticdesign #ecobuilding #livingstructures #rainyday #rainforestlife

This pool isn't just a place to swim, it's a living, breathing ecosystem... filtered by plants, framed by bamboo buildings, and designed with respect for the ecologies that it is part of.
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This is our journey of building a natural pool deep in the rainforest. What’s incredible is how much care, effort, and intention go into building something that, in the end, vanishes beneath the surface. From filtration systems woven with plant roots to underwater infrastructure — most of what makes this pool work is never seen.
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And that’s the magic... True sustainability is often invisible: beauty lies not just in what we see, but in the systems that support it.
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Thank you Itamar @terreno_paisajismo who taught us about these systems that allow plants to actually filter the water. And a huge thanks to all the hands that helped us dig, wash gravel, forage plants, and keep planting each time we find aquatic plants at the river :)
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#landscapearchitecture #naturalpool #swimmingpool #swimmingpond #ecopool #sustainability #ecobuilding #lifestyle #liveinnature #landscapeart

This pool isn't just a place to swim, it's a living, breathing ecosystem... filtered by plants, framed by bamboo buildings, and designed with respect for the ecologies that it is part of.
.
This is our journey of building a natural pool deep in the rainforest. What’s incredible is how much care, effort, and intention go into building something that, in the end, vanishes beneath the surface. From filtration systems woven with plant roots to underwater infrastructure — most of what makes this pool work is never seen.
.
And that’s the magic... True sustainability is often invisible: beauty lies not just in what we see, but in the systems that support it.
.
Thank you Itamar @terreno_paisajismo who taught us about these systems that allow plants to actually filter the water. And a huge thanks to all the hands that helped us dig, wash gravel, forage plants, and keep planting each time we find aquatic plants at the river :)
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#landscapearchitecture #naturalpool #swimmingpool #swimmingpond #ecopool #sustainability #ecobuilding #lifestyle #liveinnature #landscapeart

Architecture becomes alive when it’s used, played in, felt. This is one of our sculptural bamboo spaces in motion: held by movement, voice, story, and laughter.
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A great friend, Keith from South Africa, who has really supported us in connecting with the magic of sculptural design, with the geometries of nature, visited our rainforest studio and offered his voice to this piece (his practice is @ksstudiosarchitecture ).
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Together with friends, we brought the building to life, not just as a structure, but as a stage for the human spirit.
.
These forms are not just functional, they are relational... They hold story. They invite play. They listen as much as they shelter.
.
Bamboo isn’t just a material here. It’s a medium for connection, across cultures, across generations, across dreams.
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#bambooarchitecture #rainforestlife #rainforestcraft #bamboocraft #ecobuilding #designwithnature #livingarchitecture #buildingasart #bamboolab #guesthouse #sacredgeometry #organicarchitecture

Architecture becomes alive when it’s used, played in, felt. This is one of our sculptural bamboo spaces in motion: held by movement, voice, story, and laughter.
.
A great friend, Keith from South Africa, who has really supported us in connecting with the magic of sculptural design, with the geometries of nature, visited our rainforest studio and offered his voice to this piece (his practice is @ksstudiosarchitecture ).
.
Together with friends, we brought the building to life, not just as a structure, but as a stage for the human spirit.
.
These forms are not just functional, they are relational... They hold story. They invite play. They listen as much as they shelter.
.
Bamboo isn’t just a material here. It’s a medium for connection, across cultures, across generations, across dreams.
.
#bambooarchitecture #rainforestlife #rainforestcraft #bamboocraft #ecobuilding #designwithnature #livingarchitecture #buildingasart #bamboolab #guesthouse #sacredgeometry #organicarchitecture

Creating polarities between levity and gravity in space have been our portal to creating "gesture" in sculptural bamboo architecture. And architecture is a body that holds us in a dynamic balance, nourishing our subtle bodies and bringing us fully alive.
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Dance is a medium to connect with those subtle essences that live within us and with the energies and beings that surround us. When the corporeal expression is held softly by an embracing architecture, the body is alive, and in return, the architecture becomes a living being.
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These are moments from the Fuerzas retreat held at Ekawa by @hojadeltropico
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📸 @__elaflor__
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#bambooarchitecture #dancestudio #contactdance #danceretreat #designprocess #creativeretreat #bamboolab

Creating polarities between levity and gravity in space have been our portal to creating "gesture" in sculptural bamboo architecture. And architecture is a body that holds us in a dynamic balance, nourishing our subtle bodies and bringing us fully alive.
.
Dance is a medium to connect with those subtle essences that live within us and with the energies and beings that surround us. When the corporeal expression is held softly by an embracing architecture, the body is alive, and in return, the architecture becomes a living being.
.
These are moments from the Fuerzas retreat held at Ekawa by @hojadeltropico
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📸 @__elaflor__
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#bambooarchitecture #dancestudio #contactdance #danceretreat #designprocess #creativeretreat #bamboolab

Estamos abriendo una posición de voluntariado para el taller del Bamboo Lab este Julio. Si tienes experiencia con la elaboración de comidas vegetarianas, deliciosas y nutritivas, queremos hablar contigo! Si te llama la atención, cuéntanos sobre ti, tu experiencia en el mundo de la cocina y tus habilidades / talentos :)
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We are opening a volunteering opportunity for the Bamboo Lab workshop this July. If you have experience preparing delicious and nutritious vegetarian foods we'd like to hear from you! If this is calling you, please write to us and tell us about yourself, relevant experiences and any other skills you'd like to offer in the workshop :)
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#volunteering #voluntariado #chef #cocinasaludable #bambooworkshop #opportunity #oportunidad #summerexperiences #bamboodesign #bambooarchitecture #bamboolab

Estamos abriendo una posición de voluntariado para el taller del Bamboo Lab este Julio. Si tienes experiencia con la elaboración de comidas vegetarianas, deliciosas y nutritivas, queremos hablar contigo! Si te llama la atención, cuéntanos sobre ti, tu experiencia en el mundo de la cocina y tus habilidades / talentos :)
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We are opening a volunteering opportunity for the Bamboo Lab workshop this July. If you have experience preparing delicious and nutritious vegetarian foods we'd like to hear from you! If this is calling you, please write to us and tell us about yourself, relevant experiences and any other skills you'd like to offer in the workshop :)
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#volunteering #voluntariado #chef #cocinasaludable #bambooworkshop #opportunity #oportunidad #summerexperiences #bamboodesign #bambooarchitecture #bamboolab

A bird called out: "ee-kaa-wa"... We listened. And that became the name of our project: Ekawa. An intertwining of our life journeys...
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The Bamboo Lab and the Bamboo Village have become the vessels through which these dreams are becoming manifest.
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#architects #bamboo #rewilding #adventure #lifestyle #dreams #together #bambooarchitecture #rainforestlife #liveinnature

A bird called out: "ee-kaa-wa"... We listened. And that became the name of our project: Ekawa. An intertwining of our life journeys...
.
The Bamboo Lab and the Bamboo Village have become the vessels through which these dreams are becoming manifest.
.
#architects #bamboo #rewilding #adventure #lifestyle #dreams #together #bambooarchitecture #rainforestlife #liveinnature

We love to experiment with different ways of making organically formed bamboo buildings. Each construction is an exploration into the harmony of forms, roofing techniques for organic surfaces and structural techniques that support a sculptural design intention.
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We had been curious about how to roof an organic surface with traditional clay tiles because...
1. there were lots of tiles left over after the renovation of a heritage rammed earth house,
aaaaand
2. the majority of buildings finished with clay tiles are flat pitched surfaces.
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So the experiment became:
* an exploration into organic surfaces and clay tiles
* a test of the strength of bamboo, as the resulting roof is rather heavy
* an investigation into how simple a structure can be while creating a dynamic, organic form.
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And of course it's been a fun building process, with the participation of many creative energies!
@jhonfredyzapatarueda @cesar.londono.5439 Esteban, Guillermo, @lipsma @nicolas_abrill @tatianasierrap @lagabisalome and the indigenous Cofán community.
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#bambooroof #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #claytiles #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #naturalforms #constructionprocess

We love to experiment with different ways of making organically formed bamboo buildings. Each construction is an exploration into the harmony of forms, roofing techniques for organic surfaces and structural techniques that support a sculptural design intention.
.
We had been curious about how to roof an organic surface with traditional clay tiles because...
1. there were lots of tiles left over after the renovation of a heritage rammed earth house,
aaaaand
2. the majority of buildings finished with clay tiles are flat pitched surfaces.
.
So the experiment became:
* an exploration into organic surfaces and clay tiles
* a test of the strength of bamboo, as the resulting roof is rather heavy
* an investigation into how simple a structure can be while creating a dynamic, organic form.
.
And of course it's been a fun building process, with the participation of many creative energies!
@jhonfredyzapatarueda @cesar.londono.5439 Esteban, Guillermo, @lipsma @nicolas_abrill @tatianasierrap @lagabisalome and the indigenous Cofán community.
.
#bambooroof #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #claytiles #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #naturalforms #constructionprocess

For us toilets are an opportunity to create an experience of connection to nature!
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Let's face it, toilets are an important part of our everyday lives and should be an enjoyable experience. In addition, the composting system makes the toilet a really important part of a productive home in nature, creating a cycle of matter whereby fruit trees and other plants can be fertilised. And the precious water in our streams and rivers can be kept pure!
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The bathroom is all too often relegated to an unseen, unspoken, dark and dingy corner of a house. But what if it wasn't that way? Toilets can be beautiful, exciting, dynamic spaces and are just as important to consider in their design as every other part of the house.
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#bambooarchitecture #bambootoilet #bambooloo #loowithaview #ecobuilding #compostingtoilet #designwithnature #bamboo #architecture #bamboolifestyle #ecoliving #greenarchitecture #greenbuilding #greentoilet #protectwater #liveinnature #nature

For us toilets are an opportunity to create an experience of connection to nature!
.
Let's face it, toilets are an important part of our everyday lives and should be an enjoyable experience. In addition, the composting system makes the toilet a really important part of a productive home in nature, creating a cycle of matter whereby fruit trees and other plants can be fertilised. And the precious water in our streams and rivers can be kept pure!
.
The bathroom is all too often relegated to an unseen, unspoken, dark and dingy corner of a house. But what if it wasn't that way? Toilets can be beautiful, exciting, dynamic spaces and are just as important to consider in their design as every other part of the house.
.
#bambooarchitecture #bambootoilet #bambooloo #loowithaview #ecobuilding #compostingtoilet #designwithnature #bamboo #architecture #bamboolifestyle #ecoliving #greenarchitecture #greenbuilding #greentoilet #protectwater #liveinnature #nature

We thought we were offering this indigenous community a bamboo construction workshop to support the restoration of their ancestral tradition of building with bamboo, but we were in for so much more...
.
Bamboo brought us together with this incredible ancient culture that the Cofán people live. Their presence and togetherness, working as one and learning through the reality of doing, as well as their ancestral arts of healing and ceremony have brought us a lot of growth and richness.
.
Thank you @terra.keepers for the invitation to connect with the wisdom of the Cofán people. We are really excited to see how the bamboo building projects in Putumayo come along!
.
#indigenouscommunity #bamboo #bamboocraft #ecobuilding #culturalexchange #cofan #bambooworkshop #bambooarchitecture #bambooroof #ancestral #wisdom #bridgingworlds

We thought we were offering this indigenous community a bamboo construction workshop to support the restoration of their ancestral tradition of building with bamboo, but we were in for so much more...
.
Bamboo brought us together with this incredible ancient culture that the Cofán people live. Their presence and togetherness, working as one and learning through the reality of doing, as well as their ancestral arts of healing and ceremony have brought us a lot of growth and richness.
.
Thank you @terra.keepers for the invitation to connect with the wisdom of the Cofán people. We are really excited to see how the bamboo building projects in Putumayo come along!
.
#indigenouscommunity #bamboo #bamboocraft #ecobuilding #culturalexchange #cofan #bambooworkshop #bambooarchitecture #bambooroof #ancestral #wisdom #bridgingworlds

We're excited to announce some of our guest speakers for this year's Bamboo Lab...
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Esteban Morales has been the engineer for some of the most compelling organic bamboo structures built worldwide. Not only will he share with us his own work - he will also be tutoring design projects in the second week of the Bamboo Lab workshop, grounding inspiration in dynamic structural principles.
.
Keith Struthers has been designing sculptural architecture for over 30 years. He is unique in the way he eloquently bridges the worlds of inner psychology, architectural space and the evolution of humans and nature..and is writing a book on these topics that we can't wait to read!
.
@bamboo.engineer
@kstruthersstudios
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#bamboo #bambooarchitecture #bambooworkshop #bambooengineering #architects #ecobuilding #greenarchitecture #designers #designwithnature #guestspeakers #workshop #workshopretreat

We're excited to announce some of our guest speakers for this year's Bamboo Lab...
.
Esteban Morales has been the engineer for some of the most compelling organic bamboo structures built worldwide. Not only will he share with us his own work - he will also be tutoring design projects in the second week of the Bamboo Lab workshop, grounding inspiration in dynamic structural principles.
.
Keith Struthers has been designing sculptural architecture for over 30 years. He is unique in the way he eloquently bridges the worlds of inner psychology, architectural space and the evolution of humans and nature..and is writing a book on these topics that we can't wait to read!
.
@bamboo.engineer
@kstruthersstudios
.
#bamboo #bambooarchitecture #bambooworkshop #bambooengineering #architects #ecobuilding #greenarchitecture #designers #designwithnature #guestspeakers #workshop #workshopretreat

Deepening our everyday connection with nature through life in open, organically formed, bamboo architecture...
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This is one of our intentions at the Bamboo Lab. And Casa Soná does this through...
* Splaying and weaving bamboo.
* Juxtaposing textures of natural materials.
* Composing spaces through the use of sculptural elements.
* Opening some views, closing other views.
Bringing light through the ceiling.
.
📸 @lagabisalome
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#bambooroof #bambooweave #bambooarchitecture #naturalmaterials #ecobuilding #connectwithnature #architecturedetail #naturaltexture #naturalhouse #architectureasart

Deepening our everyday connection with nature through life in open, organically formed, bamboo architecture...
.
This is one of our intentions at the Bamboo Lab. And Casa Soná does this through...
* Splaying and weaving bamboo.
* Juxtaposing textures of natural materials.
* Composing spaces through the use of sculptural elements.
* Opening some views, closing other views.
Bringing light through the ceiling.
.
📸 @lagabisalome
.
#bambooroof #bambooweave #bambooarchitecture #naturalmaterials #ecobuilding #connectwithnature #architecturedetail #naturaltexture #naturalhouse #architectureasart

What if architecture became once more about dynamising the joy of human experience, allowing an inner impulse to become a spatial expression that contributes to a more beautiful world?
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Architecture is both an art and a science. But in most forms of practice, it gets so embedded in the pragmatics of resolving technical and logistical questions, that it loses all artfulness.
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Through the medium of bamboo and all of the adventures and experiences this offers, in the bamboo lab workshop-retreat we delve into:
👐 The art of creating space...and how that also becomes a science.
✨ Finding clarity and alignment with deep inner purpose.
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This requires stepping out of what is comfortable, known and normal. It requires a readiness to say yes and take a leap. Are you ready?
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A few last spots are available for this year's workshop-retreat...
📌 12-27 July, in the rainforest of Colombia.
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#bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #art #artofbuilding #rainforest #adventure #design
#architecture #architectureasart #designwithnature #creativeretreat #creativity #transformation

What if architecture became once more about dynamising the joy of human experience, allowing an inner impulse to become a spatial expression that contributes to a more beautiful world?
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Architecture is both an art and a science. But in most forms of practice, it gets so embedded in the pragmatics of resolving technical and logistical questions, that it loses all artfulness.
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Through the medium of bamboo and all of the adventures and experiences this offers, in the bamboo lab workshop-retreat we delve into:
👐 The art of creating space...and how that also becomes a science.
✨ Finding clarity and alignment with deep inner purpose.
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This requires stepping out of what is comfortable, known and normal. It requires a readiness to say yes and take a leap. Are you ready?
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A few last spots are available for this year's workshop-retreat...
📌 12-27 July, in the rainforest of Colombia.
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#bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #art #artofbuilding #rainforest #adventure #design
#architecture #architectureasart #designwithnature #creativeretreat #creativity #transformation

A house in the forest, covered by plants and bursting with life. Casa de la Cuenca is a merging of sculptural bamboo architecture and wild nature.
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There are no walls. There are no doors. Life inside and life outside are connected. The forest is the threshold and we feel the cycles of nature deeply within.
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This is the first house we built at Ekawa, where we began our interweaving of sculptural design intentions and ancestral techniques, working with local craftspeople... where it all began for the Bamboo Lab.
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📸 1-5 @lagabisalome
📸 6 @ricardoortiz10
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#bambooarchitecture #greenroof #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #liveinnature #naturalhouse #bamboohouse #houseinnature #keepitwild #wildlife

A house in the forest, covered by plants and bursting with life. Casa de la Cuenca is a merging of sculptural bamboo architecture and wild nature.
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There are no walls. There are no doors. Life inside and life outside are connected. The forest is the threshold and we feel the cycles of nature deeply within.
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This is the first house we built at Ekawa, where we began our interweaving of sculptural design intentions and ancestral techniques, working with local craftspeople... where it all began for the Bamboo Lab.
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📸 1-5 @lagabisalome
📸 6 @ricardoortiz10
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#bambooarchitecture #greenroof #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #liveinnature #naturalhouse #bamboohouse #houseinnature #keepitwild #wildlife

Inhabiting sculptural architecture, getting to know the rhythms of the day, the way light changes space, feeling held by the softness of form...
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These are the bedrooms of Casa Soná, an ancient rammed earth house which we have reformed with an organic bamboo roof. Each bedroom has a structural cupola through which light illuminates the interior spaces.
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Although we love open architecture, we felt a calling to preserve the ancient rammed earth walls, and created connection with cosmic cycles through openings in the roof. Being the only house with walls at Ekawa, this house also supports a transition from living in a more traditional house to a life immersed in nature in an open sculptural bamboo home.
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📸1,2,3,5,6 @lagabisalome
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#bambooarchitecture #rammedeartharchitecture #organicarchitecture #bamboobedroom #bedroom #rooflights #houseinnature #ecobuilding #bamboohouse #ancientarchitecture #liveinnature

Inhabiting sculptural architecture, getting to know the rhythms of the day, the way light changes space, feeling held by the softness of form...
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These are the bedrooms of Casa Soná, an ancient rammed earth house which we have reformed with an organic bamboo roof. Each bedroom has a structural cupola through which light illuminates the interior spaces.
.
Although we love open architecture, we felt a calling to preserve the ancient rammed earth walls, and created connection with cosmic cycles through openings in the roof. Being the only house with walls at Ekawa, this house also supports a transition from living in a more traditional house to a life immersed in nature in an open sculptural bamboo home.
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📸1,2,3,5,6 @lagabisalome
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#bambooarchitecture #rammedeartharchitecture #organicarchitecture #bamboobedroom #bedroom #rooflights #houseinnature #ecobuilding #bamboohouse #ancientarchitecture #liveinnature

Bamboo is a mysterious plant. It has completely transformed our lives. Being part of the full life cycle of bamboo is wild, from planting the little cuttings in the soil to playing in the building we've built from the fully grown grass.
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In this lifestyle of creating with bamboo, we have certainly come across challenges, and each time we grow stronger and more flexible, just like bamboo teaches us to do.
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Feeling deep gratitude for all that this journey brings... for the learnings and experiences... for the people we have the fortune to meet... and the spaces we have the delight to co-create.
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In gratitude for what is, and in excitement for all that is to come.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboolifestyle #ecobuilding #planting #harvesting #designing #creating #building #architects #spiritualjourney

Bamboo is a mysterious plant. It has completely transformed our lives. Being part of the full life cycle of bamboo is wild, from planting the little cuttings in the soil to playing in the building we've built from the fully grown grass.
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In this lifestyle of creating with bamboo, we have certainly come across challenges, and each time we grow stronger and more flexible, just like bamboo teaches us to do.
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Feeling deep gratitude for all that this journey brings... for the learnings and experiences... for the people we have the fortune to meet... and the spaces we have the delight to co-create.
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In gratitude for what is, and in excitement for all that is to come.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboolifestyle #ecobuilding #planting #harvesting #designing #creating #building #architects #spiritualjourney

Sharing in the wisdom of bamboo... The meeting of two worlds.
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The indigenous Cofán community came to Ekawa from Putumayo (in the Colombian Amazonian region), with the intention to learn about bamboo construction. It feels very special to have the opportunity to share these ancestral and modern techniques with such an ancient culture, and then to imagine what they will create back in their home land.
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Thank you to @terra.keepers for inviting us to support this community in their process to expand their infrastructure with bamboo and re-imagine their future of material sovereignty, economic prosperity and cultural autonomy.
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📸 @la_mona_fotos
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#bamboo #workshop #bambooarchitecture #construction #process #bamboostructure #team #indigenouscommunity #ancestral #techniques

Sharing in the wisdom of bamboo... The meeting of two worlds.
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The indigenous Cofán community came to Ekawa from Putumayo (in the Colombian Amazonian region), with the intention to learn about bamboo construction. It feels very special to have the opportunity to share these ancestral and modern techniques with such an ancient culture, and then to imagine what they will create back in their home land.
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Thank you to @terra.keepers for inviting us to support this community in their process to expand their infrastructure with bamboo and re-imagine their future of material sovereignty, economic prosperity and cultural autonomy.
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📸 @la_mona_fotos
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#bamboo #workshop #bambooarchitecture #construction #process #bamboostructure #team #indigenouscommunity #ancestral #techniques

Model making is a huge part of our creative process. We make models to test forms, to imagine structural principles, to take measurements for a construction to begin. For us they are part of the process, not the end product - the built form is the creation, and the lived experiences within the building are the end product.
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This attitude of not being precious about the model allows a real creative flow and exploration without trying to create something 'perfect'. As this is a lab we would like to share some model images, although this feels vulnerable because the models have not been made to be photographed and displayed, merely to assist construction.
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Many of these models have been built, the physical model lasting just long enough for the primary structure to be completed in real life. Some of these models haven't been built....yet....can you guess which ones?
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#bambooarchitecture #architects #modelmaking #architecturalmodel #designwithnature #creativeprocess #designprocess #bambooroof #bamboolab #ecobuilding

Model making is a huge part of our creative process. We make models to test forms, to imagine structural principles, to take measurements for a construction to begin. For us they are part of the process, not the end product - the built form is the creation, and the lived experiences within the building are the end product.
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This attitude of not being precious about the model allows a real creative flow and exploration without trying to create something 'perfect'. As this is a lab we would like to share some model images, although this feels vulnerable because the models have not been made to be photographed and displayed, merely to assist construction.
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Many of these models have been built, the physical model lasting just long enough for the primary structure to be completed in real life. Some of these models haven't been built....yet....can you guess which ones?
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#bambooarchitecture #architects #modelmaking #architecturalmodel #designwithnature #creativeprocess #designprocess #bambooroof #bamboolab #ecobuilding

Harvesting bamboo at night is an ancestral tradition, coming from a time when humans were intimate with moon cycles. This process brings us into connection with nature's cycles.
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The moon determines tides in the oceans. And it also determines a kind of "tide" within the bamboo pole. We time our harvests so as to maximize the lifespan of the pole as part of a built structure.
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Just like strimming the lawn can revitalise the grass, or cutting your hair at the right time of the moon can be replenishing, the ethical harvest allows this giant grass to renew itself, to initiate new cycles, and to burst into the fullness of its power.
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📸 This footage is from a bamboo construction workshop for an indigenous community from Putumayo, with support and collaboration from @jhonfredyzapatarueda @cesar.londono.5439 @lipsma @tatianasierrap @nicolas_abrill @lagabisalome and many more special people...
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#bamboo #bambooharvest #ethical #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #bambooworkshop

Harvesting bamboo at night is an ancestral tradition, coming from a time when humans were intimate with moon cycles. This process brings us into connection with nature's cycles.
.
The moon determines tides in the oceans. And it also determines a kind of "tide" within the bamboo pole. We time our harvests so as to maximize the lifespan of the pole as part of a built structure.
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Just like strimming the lawn can revitalise the grass, or cutting your hair at the right time of the moon can be replenishing, the ethical harvest allows this giant grass to renew itself, to initiate new cycles, and to burst into the fullness of its power.
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📸 This footage is from a bamboo construction workshop for an indigenous community from Putumayo, with support and collaboration from @jhonfredyzapatarueda @cesar.londono.5439 @lipsma @tatianasierrap @nicolas_abrill @lagabisalome and many more special people...
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#bamboo #bambooharvest #ethical #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #bambooworkshop

Gabi @lagabisalome from Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab is visiting Ekawa again. It was delightful to sit for a chat and reminisce about how the Bamboo Lab had a transformative effect for her, and hear her experiences and learnings through bilingual presentations, tours, design and construction moments.
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Gabi @lagabisalome de la Generación 5 del Bamboo Lab está visitando Ekawa. Fue un gusto poder sentarnos a platicar y escuchar en sus palabras cómo el Bamboo Lab tuvo un efecto transformador para ella, y escuchar sus experiencias y aprendizajes en las presentaciones bilingües, los tours, y los momentos de diseño y construcción.
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#bambooworkshop #tallercreativo #arquitectura #architects #memorias #bambooarchitecture #bioconstruccion #ecobuilding #guadua #creativeretreat #workshopretreat #retreatincolombia #colombia #vivencia

Gabi @lagabisalome from Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab is visiting Ekawa again. It was delightful to sit for a chat and reminisce about how the Bamboo Lab had a transformative effect for her, and hear her experiences and learnings through bilingual presentations, tours, design and construction moments.
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Gabi @lagabisalome de la Generación 5 del Bamboo Lab está visitando Ekawa. Fue un gusto poder sentarnos a platicar y escuchar en sus palabras cómo el Bamboo Lab tuvo un efecto transformador para ella, y escuchar sus experiencias y aprendizajes en las presentaciones bilingües, los tours, y los momentos de diseño y construcción.
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#bambooworkshop #tallercreativo #arquitectura #architects #memorias #bambooarchitecture #bioconstruccion #ecobuilding #guadua #creativeretreat #workshopretreat #retreatincolombia #colombia #vivencia

I'm Sergio, co-founder of Ekawa, and 15 years ago I began a personal journey of healing within the practice of architecture. It led me from the depths of corporate and parametric architecture in the UK to reconnecting and remembering a deeper creative impulse.
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This was a crisis at a physical, emotional and spiritual level. At the time I found myself completely lost behind a facade of "success" with an inner hunger for connection, creativity and wellness... I was longing to love the creative process and feel like I was contributing to a better world.
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The healing journey became a bubble in my life, a bubble of wellness, and was very separate from the bubble of me as a professional. At some point I realised these bubbles were ready to merge. This meant reimagining my practice of architecture, to the extent that the way of creating architecture itself can contribute to a space of wellness and purpose.
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Does this story resonate with you? We invite you to expand your practice at the Bamboo Lab workshop this July in Colombia. We explore how lifestyle and immersive forms of practicing architecture can nourish our wild creativity and bring us alive.
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✨ Finding a sustainable way of practicing architecture - one that nourishes our creative being - allows us to design the kinds of sustainable buildings that the world needs....✨
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#architects #bambooarchitecture #architect #professionaljourney #healing #healingjourney #designwithnature #findcreativity #creativeretreat #creative #lifestyle #sustainablearchitecture #sustainabledesign #sustainability #whatissustainable

I'm Sergio, co-founder of Ekawa, and 15 years ago I began a personal journey of healing within the practice of architecture. It led me from the depths of corporate and parametric architecture in the UK to reconnecting and remembering a deeper creative impulse.
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This was a crisis at a physical, emotional and spiritual level. At the time I found myself completely lost behind a facade of "success" with an inner hunger for connection, creativity and wellness... I was longing to love the creative process and feel like I was contributing to a better world.
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The healing journey became a bubble in my life, a bubble of wellness, and was very separate from the bubble of me as a professional. At some point I realised these bubbles were ready to merge. This meant reimagining my practice of architecture, to the extent that the way of creating architecture itself can contribute to a space of wellness and purpose.
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Does this story resonate with you? We invite you to expand your practice at the Bamboo Lab workshop this July in Colombia. We explore how lifestyle and immersive forms of practicing architecture can nourish our wild creativity and bring us alive.
.
✨ Finding a sustainable way of practicing architecture - one that nourishes our creative being - allows us to design the kinds of sustainable buildings that the world needs....✨
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#architects #bambooarchitecture #architect #professionaljourney #healing #healingjourney #designwithnature #findcreativity #creativeretreat #creative #lifestyle #sustainablearchitecture #sustainabledesign #sustainability #whatissustainable

Every design we create, everything we do has a gesture of something. What are we contributing to through our actions and our designs? We are architects and we want to create an architecture that heals.
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Our buildings are like our third skin - beyond our cellular skin, and our clothing, the buildings we inhabit are the next physical layer that surrounds us. They have a huge impact on our being at deep, subtle layers and affect us in many ways.
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And architecture can heal in many ways... From the air and light quality that is created, to the views that are framed, and the natural quality of the construction materials used...
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But there is something deeper - architecture can be designed with a polarity, that can later be experienced by inhabitants of the space. It can bring the human into a dynamic equilibrium, a state of full aliveness where we feel free and yet inspired to live into our fullest potential...
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#architects #architecture #healing #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #design #designers #bamboolab #health #wellbeing #creativity

Every design we create, everything we do has a gesture of something. What are we contributing to through our actions and our designs? We are architects and we want to create an architecture that heals.
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Our buildings are like our third skin - beyond our cellular skin, and our clothing, the buildings we inhabit are the next physical layer that surrounds us. They have a huge impact on our being at deep, subtle layers and affect us in many ways.
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And architecture can heal in many ways... From the air and light quality that is created, to the views that are framed, and the natural quality of the construction materials used...
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But there is something deeper - architecture can be designed with a polarity, that can later be experienced by inhabitants of the space. It can bring the human into a dynamic equilibrium, a state of full aliveness where we feel free and yet inspired to live into our fullest potential...
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#architects #architecture #healing #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #design #designers #bamboolab #health #wellbeing #creativity

Are you ready for bamboo to ignite your creativity and transform how you practice design and construction?
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Are you ready to be fully immersed in:
👐 an adventure of co-creation, creating a real sculptural bamboo building with your hands, in community;
🌱 lifestyle practices which can set your design processes free and reconnect you with your fullest creative potential?
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We invite you to the Bamboo Lab!
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Next workshop-retreat:
🗓️ 12-27 July 2025
📍 San Blas Valley, San Carlos, Antioquía, Colombia
Limited availability - reserve your participation today!
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#bamboolab #bambooarchitecture #creativeretreat #creatives #transformative #workshop #bambooworkshop #designretreat #architects #designwithnature #cocreation #dreambig

Are you ready for bamboo to ignite your creativity and transform how you practice design and construction?
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Are you ready to be fully immersed in:
👐 an adventure of co-creation, creating a real sculptural bamboo building with your hands, in community;
🌱 lifestyle practices which can set your design processes free and reconnect you with your fullest creative potential?
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We invite you to the Bamboo Lab!
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Next workshop-retreat:
🗓️ 12-27 July 2025
📍 San Blas Valley, San Carlos, Antioquía, Colombia
Limited availability - reserve your participation today!
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#bamboolab #bambooarchitecture #creativeretreat #creatives #transformative #workshop #bambooworkshop #designretreat #architects #designwithnature #cocreation #dreambig

Design can be an act of healing: nourishing the world through our creations; and nurturing ourselves through our insights and growth. This allows architecture to be part of a healing journey. But what does it consist of? How far are we willing to go?
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Our everyday choices are a fractal of something much greater than the tiny moment in which we make them. As we become conscious of the fact that we are always choosing in favour of something, so the question is...
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✨ how can we make choices that vibrate with life, nourish the world and bring us into wholeness? 🌿
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#architects #architecture #design #naturalmaterials #healingjourney #learnfromnature #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #creativity #choices #healing #ecoliving #creatives

Design can be an act of healing: nourishing the world through our creations; and nurturing ourselves through our insights and growth. This allows architecture to be part of a healing journey. But what does it consist of? How far are we willing to go?
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Our everyday choices are a fractal of something much greater than the tiny moment in which we make them. As we become conscious of the fact that we are always choosing in favour of something, so the question is...
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✨ how can we make choices that vibrate with life, nourish the world and bring us into wholeness? 🌿
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#architects #architecture #design #naturalmaterials #healingjourney #learnfromnature #organicdesign #organicarchitecture #creativity #choices #healing #ecoliving #creatives

Three points held in space in the canopies just above the bamboo grove come spiralling together. They soar up and down in a gentle curving motion as they come to meet at a central point.
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This is symbolic of the intentions of the building, which is a meeting point, a place of coming together to connect with nature and as a family.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboohouse #organicarchitecture #designwithnature #liveinnature #formsofnature #architects #architecturedrawing #ecobuilding #naturalmaterials #nature #bambooroof #guadua

Three points held in space in the canopies just above the bamboo grove come spiralling together. They soar up and down in a gentle curving motion as they come to meet at a central point.
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This is symbolic of the intentions of the building, which is a meeting point, a place of coming together to connect with nature and as a family.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboohouse #organicarchitecture #designwithnature #liveinnature #formsofnature #architects #architecturedrawing #ecobuilding #naturalmaterials #nature #bambooroof #guadua

A spiral can be experienced in many different forms when passing through the Portal...
* The angle of the roadway spirals up and over the gateway, returning back down to the road line.
* The primary structure comprises two arches which spiral inversely to each other, intersecting at the highest point of the vault.
* The spiralling continues into the fabric of the archways, whose bamboo helicoidal weave is structural.
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We conceived this as a dynamizing geometry and it has been a dynamizing process too!
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The construction of the Portal was one of collective efforts, co-creation, and sharing of visions and dreams by a large group of friends. The construction began in the Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat of 2024 and was completed with talented local craftspeople. We are grateful to all those who took part in bringing it to reality!!
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#bambooarchitecture #sacredgeometry #architecture
#guadua #ecobuilding #bambooarch #spiralized #bambooroof #organicarchitecture #sculpture #bambooart #gateway #portal

A spiral can be experienced in many different forms when passing through the Portal...
* The angle of the roadway spirals up and over the gateway, returning back down to the road line.
* The primary structure comprises two arches which spiral inversely to each other, intersecting at the highest point of the vault.
* The spiralling continues into the fabric of the archways, whose bamboo helicoidal weave is structural.
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We conceived this as a dynamizing geometry and it has been a dynamizing process too!
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The construction of the Portal was one of collective efforts, co-creation, and sharing of visions and dreams by a large group of friends. The construction began in the Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat of 2024 and was completed with talented local craftspeople. We are grateful to all those who took part in bringing it to reality!!
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#bambooarchitecture #sacredgeometry #architecture
#guadua #ecobuilding #bambooarch #spiralized #bambooroof #organicarchitecture #sculpture #bambooart #gateway #portal

Behind the scenes of the Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat of 2024, @buraiankan interviews participants in a few of the different activities.
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👐 If you're curious about what the lab experience is like, have a listen to what some of the participants have felt...
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And let us know your questions in the comments below 👇
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#creativeretreat #bamboolab #bambooworkshop #workshop #retreat #behindthescenes #design #build #creative #inspiration #bamboo #architecture

Behind the scenes of the Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat of 2024, @buraiankan interviews participants in a few of the different activities.
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👐 If you're curious about what the lab experience is like, have a listen to what some of the participants have felt...
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And let us know your questions in the comments below 👇
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#creativeretreat #bamboolab #bambooworkshop #workshop #retreat #behindthescenes #design #build #creative #inspiration #bamboo #architecture

A leaf-inspired bamboo structure both collects rain water and gives shelter to the bathroom below. The roof shape is delicately held amongst the canopies: light structure anchored to a big boulder.
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The experience of using the toilet is rooted in nature. Privacy is created through the immediate environment, being nestled amongst the rainforest, and also by a bamboo screen created between structural columns.
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On a physical and emotional level, it is about opening up to the landscape and feeling oneself part of the cycles of nature.
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#bambooarchitecture #compostingtoilet #bambooloo #architecturedrawing #architecture #rainforestlife #livinginnature #ecobuilding #ecoliving #bioconstruccion #bambooroof #bambucolombia #nature

A leaf-inspired bamboo structure both collects rain water and gives shelter to the bathroom below. The roof shape is delicately held amongst the canopies: light structure anchored to a big boulder.
.
The experience of using the toilet is rooted in nature. Privacy is created through the immediate environment, being nestled amongst the rainforest, and also by a bamboo screen created between structural columns.
.
On a physical and emotional level, it is about opening up to the landscape and feeling oneself part of the cycles of nature.
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#bambooarchitecture #compostingtoilet #bambooloo #architecturedrawing #architecture #rainforestlife #livinginnature #ecobuilding #ecoliving #bioconstruccion #bambooroof #bambucolombia #nature

We're opening the year by opening the new portal at Ekawa's entrance!
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It has been 6 months in the making, and we are so grateful to all the friends (bamboo lab participants and local craftspeople), who made the construction of the Portal a reality.
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The gesture of the portal is a spiral that creates an entrance arch, a dynamic transition as one enters Ekawa.
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We see it as a transition towards the future we aspire to. In our current time, a more beautiful reality for all feels palpable, but it requires that each of us becomes the change we wish to see in the world. It is the creation of a re-humanised world where our inner being feels completely at home.
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May this new year bring to all of you a real sense of that beautiful world that is the potential of our future. May we all experience the synchronicities to make that beautiful world a reality. Aho!
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboogate #bambooarch #portal #bamboo #design #bamboodesign #ecobuilding #sustainablearchitecture #greenarchitecture #greenbuilding #designwithnature
#bamboolab

We're opening the year by opening the new portal at Ekawa's entrance!
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It has been 6 months in the making, and we are so grateful to all the friends (bamboo lab participants and local craftspeople), who made the construction of the Portal a reality.
.
The gesture of the portal is a spiral that creates an entrance arch, a dynamic transition as one enters Ekawa.
.
We see it as a transition towards the future we aspire to. In our current time, a more beautiful reality for all feels palpable, but it requires that each of us becomes the change we wish to see in the world. It is the creation of a re-humanised world where our inner being feels completely at home.
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May this new year bring to all of you a real sense of that beautiful world that is the potential of our future. May we all experience the synchronicities to make that beautiful world a reality. Aho!
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboogate #bambooarch #portal #bamboo #design #bamboodesign #ecobuilding #sustainablearchitecture #greenarchitecture #greenbuilding #designwithnature
#bamboolab

This is so much more than a full immersion in the world of bamboo. It's also an experience of community, living in a way that is deeply connected with nature and being in a space of wild imagination and creativity.
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Hear Alana's experience.... she participated in the 2024 workshop as part of her journey around Latin America in her @lifeternship .
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If you're looking to dynamise your creativity, be held in the warmth of like-heartedness and embrace the adventure of hands-on learning, the next Bamboo lab workshop-reteat in July 2025 might just be for you..... (Link in bio)
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#bambooworkshop #retreat #workshopretreat #travelcolombia #latinamerica #adventure #handsonlearning #community #design #ecobuilding #bamboo #designwithnature

This is so much more than a full immersion in the world of bamboo. It's also an experience of community, living in a way that is deeply connected with nature and being in a space of wild imagination and creativity.
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Hear Alana's experience.... she participated in the 2024 workshop as part of her journey around Latin America in her @lifeternship .
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If you're looking to dynamise your creativity, be held in the warmth of like-heartedness and embrace the adventure of hands-on learning, the next Bamboo lab workshop-reteat in July 2025 might just be for you..... (Link in bio)
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#bambooworkshop #retreat #workshopretreat #travelcolombia #latinamerica #adventure #handsonlearning #community #design #ecobuilding #bamboo #designwithnature

This structure emerges from the rocky hillside, fully rooted and yet gently woven as it nestles into the watershed.
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The geometry is set out with curved beams made out of clusters of thin bamboo rods which grow into spiralling helixes as they dance with the contour of the hillside.
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A fine lattice that combines bamboo splits and the narrower upper parts of bamboo poles creates an undulating ceiling surface that shimmers with the golden tones of many different bamboo pieces.
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#bambooroof #bambooarchitecture #architecturedrawing #architects #bamboobedroom #bedroom #designwithnature #design #sleeptime #rest

This structure emerges from the rocky hillside, fully rooted and yet gently woven as it nestles into the watershed.
.
The geometry is set out with curved beams made out of clusters of thin bamboo rods which grow into spiralling helixes as they dance with the contour of the hillside.
.
A fine lattice that combines bamboo splits and the narrower upper parts of bamboo poles creates an undulating ceiling surface that shimmers with the golden tones of many different bamboo pieces.
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#bambooroof #bambooarchitecture #architecturedrawing #architects #bamboobedroom #bedroom #designwithnature #design #sleeptime #rest

If you're looking for a space of reconnection, visioning, and reimagining your own significant action in the world, this is for you!
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The next Bamboo Lab workshop will be from 12 to 27 July 2025 in the San Blas Valley, Colombia.
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Link in bio :)
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#bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #bambooincolombia #architects #holiday #colombia #adventure #adventureholiday

If you're looking for a space of reconnection, visioning, and reimagining your own significant action in the world, this is for you!
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The next Bamboo Lab workshop will be from 12 to 27 July 2025 in the San Blas Valley, Colombia.
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Link in bio :)
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#bambooarchitecture #ecobuilding #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #bambooincolombia #architects #holiday #colombia #adventure #adventureholiday

Co-creation of bamboo buildings interweaves everything about the Bamboo Lab and the Bamboo Village.
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Ekawa began with a spatial vision, an architectural concept of living in the rainforest of Colombia, which allows for the social magic of a neighbourhood to emerge.
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For the last 6 years we've been creating sculptural bamboo architecture in collaboration with local craftspeople. The act of being on site, working with our hands, as well as learning about local techniques and materials, has taken our design ideas to a place we hadn't imagined.
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As more people get involved and start to create their own home here, we're so excited about where the journey goes!
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#bamboovillage #cocreation #architects #ecobuilding #bamboo #team #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #ecovillage #colombia

Co-creation of bamboo buildings interweaves everything about the Bamboo Lab and the Bamboo Village.
.
Ekawa began with a spatial vision, an architectural concept of living in the rainforest of Colombia, which allows for the social magic of a neighbourhood to emerge.
.
For the last 6 years we've been creating sculptural bamboo architecture in collaboration with local craftspeople. The act of being on site, working with our hands, as well as learning about local techniques and materials, has taken our design ideas to a place we hadn't imagined.
.
As more people get involved and start to create their own home here, we're so excited about where the journey goes!
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#bamboovillage #cocreation #architects #ecobuilding #bamboo #team #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #ecovillage #colombia

You're invited to join us at the next Ekawa Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat (12 to 27 July 2025). To book your place follow the link in the bio...
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This is going to be the 6th version of the workshop, and it is now more dynamic and exciting than ever.
👐 Discover the joy of creating with bamboo.
🍃 Unleash your inner designer.
✨ And leave inspired!
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Over the course of this retreat, you’ll be immersed in ancient bamboo groves, co-create with like-minded individuals, and walk away with the skills to plan, design, and build your own bamboo structures.
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Inviting architects, creatives, designers, adventurers, explorers.... No prior experience needed!
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#bambooarchitecture #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #bamboovillage #retreat #bamboo #bamboodesign #learnsomethingnew #experience #design #ecobuilding #architects #creatives

You're invited to join us at the next Ekawa Bamboo Lab workshop-retreat (12 to 27 July 2025). To book your place follow the link in the bio...
.
This is going to be the 6th version of the workshop, and it is now more dynamic and exciting than ever.
👐 Discover the joy of creating with bamboo.
🍃 Unleash your inner designer.
✨ And leave inspired!
.
Over the course of this retreat, you’ll be immersed in ancient bamboo groves, co-create with like-minded individuals, and walk away with the skills to plan, design, and build your own bamboo structures.
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Inviting architects, creatives, designers, adventurers, explorers.... No prior experience needed!
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#bambooarchitecture #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #bamboovillage #retreat #bamboo #bamboodesign #learnsomethingnew #experience #design #ecobuilding #architects #creatives

This is about creating architecture that enriches the soul while nourishing nature. We are...
* exploring the potential of bamboo,
* combining local wisdom with organic design, and
* creating sculptural architecture that is deeply in connection with its wild surroundings.
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The Bamboo Lab is one of the main aspects of Ekawa. Through many explorations with this locally abundant material, we are creating the dynamic architecture of Ekawa (@ekawa_bamboovillage).
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In this video we want to share with you how it came to happen and how it has become a space for co-creation with a wider group of like-minded people through immersive experiences. Join our next workshop-reteat! (link in bio)
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboo #design #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #naturalbuilding #ecobuilding #creativeretreat

This is about creating architecture that enriches the soul while nourishing nature. We are...
* exploring the potential of bamboo,
* combining local wisdom with organic design, and
* creating sculptural architecture that is deeply in connection with its wild surroundings.
.
The Bamboo Lab is one of the main aspects of Ekawa. Through many explorations with this locally abundant material, we are creating the dynamic architecture of Ekawa (@ekawa_bamboovillage).
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In this video we want to share with you how it came to happen and how it has become a space for co-creation with a wider group of like-minded people through immersive experiences. Join our next workshop-reteat! (link in bio)
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboo #design #bambooworkshop #designwithnature #bamboolab #naturalbuilding #ecobuilding #creativeretreat

The rainforest house sits at the heart of the watershed, nestled into the vegetable gardens and surrounding fruit trees. Its vortex-like form has a gesture of bringing together family, foods and activities, and then radiating out nourishment to the watershed and beyond. In the bamboo forms, there is a coming together of an earthy geographical pattern of rocks below and a light geometrical form above.
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Esta casa del bosque está situada en el corazón de una cuenca, rodeada por jardines comestibles y árboles frutales. Su gesto en forma de vórtice reúne familia, alimentos y actividades, en irradia el calor humano a toda la cuenca circundante. En las formas construidas con guadua, se forma una conexión entre las rocas de la tierra y la levidad de las geometrías arriba.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboo #architecture #rainforestlife #homeinnature #designwithnature #greenroof #ecobuilding #liveinnature #wildhouse #architecturedrawing

The rainforest house sits at the heart of the watershed, nestled into the vegetable gardens and surrounding fruit trees. Its vortex-like form has a gesture of bringing together family, foods and activities, and then radiating out nourishment to the watershed and beyond. In the bamboo forms, there is a coming together of an earthy geographical pattern of rocks below and a light geometrical form above.
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Esta casa del bosque está situada en el corazón de una cuenca, rodeada por jardines comestibles y árboles frutales. Su gesto en forma de vórtice reúne familia, alimentos y actividades, en irradia el calor humano a toda la cuenca circundante. En las formas construidas con guadua, se forma una conexión entre las rocas de la tierra y la levidad de las geometrías arriba.
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#bambooarchitecture #bamboo #architecture #rainforestlife #homeinnature #designwithnature #greenroof #ecobuilding #liveinnature #wildhouse #architecturedrawing

We're on to the next phases of our current bamboo construction project, which we began in July's Bamboo Lab workshop... Next up is the roof finish! We love to experiment - what outer finish do you think we'll choose to roof the entrance portal to Ekawa?
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#bambooarchitecture #construction #bambooroof #ecobuilding #bioconstruccion #guadua #design #bamboo #designwithnature #architecture #arquitectura

We're on to the next phases of our current bamboo construction project, which we began in July's Bamboo Lab workshop... Next up is the roof finish! We love to experiment - what outer finish do you think we'll choose to roof the entrance portal to Ekawa?
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#bambooarchitecture #construction #bambooroof #ecobuilding #bioconstruccion #guadua #design #bamboo #designwithnature #architecture #arquitectura

The symbol of infinity speaks to the cycling of matter. Here it unites a composting loo and a garden shed. As living beings we are connected with the earth through our biological processes. They become cyclical and infinite: matter grows, is eaten, is metabolised, is composted and is regrown.
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Imagine the symbol of infinity in motion: two circles grow together, create the infinity symbol and then expand out into an oval. In this way, the design comprises two circular clusters of columns which reach up to support an infinity beam. Through a ceiling structure of splits curved over a spiralling ridge beam, a large oval roof is created.
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This is the composting toilet of the Moon House in the Bamboo Village.
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El símbolo del infinito nos habla sobre los ciclos de la materia. En este caso, unifica un baño seco de compostaje y una bodega de jardinería. Como seres vivos, estamos conectados a la tierra a través de nuestros ciclos biológicos. Estos ciclos son infinitos. La material crece, se come, se metaboliza, se composta y vuelve a crecer.
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Imaginamos el símbolo del infinito en movimiento: dos círculos crecen y se aproximen, formando el símbolo del infinito, el cual se expande para formar un óvalo. El diseño se expresa como dos círculos de columnas en el suelo, que culminen en una viga lazo en forma del símbolo del infinito. El techo ovalado está formado por cientos de latas de guadua curvas que descansan sobre una viga espiralizada.
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Este es el baño seco de Casa Luna en el Bamboo Village.
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#bambooarchitecture #compostingtoilet #homeinnature #organicdesign #architecturedrawing #geometry #bioconstruccion #guadua #ecobuilding #forestlovers #bamboovillage #ecoliving #nature #cycleoflife

The symbol of infinity speaks to the cycling of matter. Here it unites a composting loo and a garden shed. As living beings we are connected with the earth through our biological processes. They become cyclical and infinite: matter grows, is eaten, is metabolised, is composted and is regrown.
.
Imagine the symbol of infinity in motion: two circles grow together, create the infinity symbol and then expand out into an oval. In this way, the design comprises two circular clusters of columns which reach up to support an infinity beam. Through a ceiling structure of splits curved over a spiralling ridge beam, a large oval roof is created.
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This is the composting toilet of the Moon House in the Bamboo Village.
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El símbolo del infinito nos habla sobre los ciclos de la materia. En este caso, unifica un baño seco de compostaje y una bodega de jardinería. Como seres vivos, estamos conectados a la tierra a través de nuestros ciclos biológicos. Estos ciclos son infinitos. La material crece, se come, se metaboliza, se composta y vuelve a crecer.
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Imaginamos el símbolo del infinito en movimiento: dos círculos crecen y se aproximen, formando el símbolo del infinito, el cual se expande para formar un óvalo. El diseño se expresa como dos círculos de columnas en el suelo, que culminen en una viga lazo en forma del símbolo del infinito. El techo ovalado está formado por cientos de latas de guadua curvas que descansan sobre una viga espiralizada.
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Este es el baño seco de Casa Luna en el Bamboo Village.
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#bambooarchitecture #compostingtoilet #homeinnature #organicdesign #architecturedrawing #geometry #bioconstruccion #guadua #ecobuilding #forestlovers #bamboovillage #ecoliving #nature #cycleoflife

Announcing our next immersive and wild bamboo workshop-retreat!
12-27 July 2025
valley of San Blas, Antioquía, Colombia
www.ekawa.co/bamboo-lab-workshop
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This is an immersion into the world of sculptural bamboo architecture, to learn through co-creation and experience the full cycle of creating organic bamboo spaces for inhabitation. It is also a deep dive into a lifestyle of rewilding, with guided somatic experiences to connect us with an embodied sense of design purpose.
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Here is an opportunity to disconnect from 'normal' life and reconnect with your dreams, to reflect and re-imagine what the act of living can become.
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#bambooworkshop #bamboolab #bambooarchitecture #naturalbuilding #ecobuilding #experience #architects #creative #design #rewild #lifestyle #dream #bamboo

Announcing our next immersive and wild bamboo workshop-retreat!
12-27 July 2025
valley of San Blas, Antioquía, Colombia
www.ekawa.co/bamboo-lab-workshop
.
This is an immersion into the world of sculptural bamboo architecture, to learn through co-creation and experience the full cycle of creating organic bamboo spaces for inhabitation. It is also a deep dive into a lifestyle of rewilding, with guided somatic experiences to connect us with an embodied sense of design purpose.
.
Here is an opportunity to disconnect from 'normal' life and reconnect with your dreams, to reflect and re-imagine what the act of living can become.
.
#bambooworkshop #bamboolab #bambooarchitecture #naturalbuilding #ecobuilding #experience #architects #creative #design #rewild #lifestyle #dream #bamboo

Just as architecture can be uplifting to the subtle being, the furniture that surrounds us has an effect on our emotional space and our ability to be in the here and now.
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We have been playing with bamboo and natural fibres to dynamise the spaces of Inea Sky, one of the guesthouses at Ekawa.
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The tables were made with left over materials from construction, mainly guadua bits and wood. The lamps were woven with Iraca stem (Guadua's sister plant, which grows alongside her in the groves).
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Así como la arquitectura tiene un efecto en el ser interno, el mobiliario que nos rodea tiene un efecto en nuestro espacio emocional y muestra habilidad de estar en el aquí y ahora.
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Hemos estado experimentando con fibras naturales del entorno para dinamizar los espacios del Cielo de Inea, una de las casas de huéspedes en Ekawa.
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Las mesas fueron creadas con materiales que sobraron de las obras, principalmente pedacitos de guadua y trozos de madera. Las lámparas fueron tejidas con tallo de Iraca, la planta hermana de la guadua, que crece a su lado en el guadual.
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#bamboofurniture #bamboo #ecobuilding #naturalfibres #recycledmaterials #guadua #mobiliariodeguadua #fibrasnaturales #bioconstruccion

Just as architecture can be uplifting to the subtle being, the furniture that surrounds us has an effect on our emotional space and our ability to be in the here and now.
.
We have been playing with bamboo and natural fibres to dynamise the spaces of Inea Sky, one of the guesthouses at Ekawa.
.
The tables were made with left over materials from construction, mainly guadua bits and wood. The lamps were woven with Iraca stem (Guadua's sister plant, which grows alongside her in the groves).
.
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Así como la arquitectura tiene un efecto en el ser interno, el mobiliario que nos rodea tiene un efecto en nuestro espacio emocional y muestra habilidad de estar en el aquí y ahora.
.
Hemos estado experimentando con fibras naturales del entorno para dinamizar los espacios del Cielo de Inea, una de las casas de huéspedes en Ekawa.
.
Las mesas fueron creadas con materiales que sobraron de las obras, principalmente pedacitos de guadua y trozos de madera. Las lámparas fueron tejidas con tallo de Iraca, la planta hermana de la guadua, que crece a su lado en el guadual.
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#bamboofurniture #bamboo #ecobuilding #naturalfibres #recycledmaterials #guadua #mobiliariodeguadua #fibrasnaturales #bioconstruccion

The Moon House is aligned with the full moon rising. The primary roof truss geometry radiates from the centre of the circular glade.
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Sinuous curves dance playfully, defining open spaces that face the glade, surrounded by native forests.
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Within the house, bamboo thresholds create a sense of privacy while retaining a sense of unity and oneness.

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Casa Luna está alineada con la salida de la luna llena en el horizonte. La geometría de las cerchas principales es una formación radiante desde un jardín central abierto.
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Un juego de curvas sinuosas define los espacios de la casa, los cuales miran al jardín, con un telón de fondo de bosques nativos.
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Dentro de la casa, umbrales de guadua crean una sensación de privacidad, al tiempo que se mantiene un sentido de unicidad y conexión.

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#bamboohouse #bambooarchitecture #arquitectura #ecobuilding #guadua #bioconstruccion #livinginnature #bamboovillage #designwithnature #bambucolombia #architecturedrawing

The Moon House is aligned with the full moon rising. The primary roof truss geometry radiates from the centre of the circular glade.
.
Sinuous curves dance playfully, defining open spaces that face the glade, surrounded by native forests.
.
Within the house, bamboo thresholds create a sense of privacy while retaining a sense of unity and oneness.

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Casa Luna está alineada con la salida de la luna llena en el horizonte. La geometría de las cerchas principales es una formación radiante desde un jardín central abierto.
.
Un juego de curvas sinuosas define los espacios de la casa, los cuales miran al jardín, con un telón de fondo de bosques nativos.
.
Dentro de la casa, umbrales de guadua crean una sensación de privacidad, al tiempo que se mantiene un sentido de unicidad y conexión.

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#bamboohouse #bambooarchitecture #arquitectura #ecobuilding #guadua #bioconstruccion #livinginnature #bamboovillage #designwithnature #bambucolombia #architecturedrawing

¿Te gustaría contribuir a un proyecto regenerativo en un refugio natural de bosques, quebradas, ríos y guaduales?
¿Te gustaría apoyar la creacion y consolidación de paisajes regenerativos, jardines acuáticos, y bosques comestibles?
¿Te gustaría tener la vivencia de habitar una arquitectura orgánica de guadua, inmersa en un entorno natural y silvestre?
¿Quisieras conectar con personas afines en un espacio de co-creacion?
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Estadía mínima dos semanas
* A partir de Octubre 2024
* Valle de San Blas (San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia)
* Clima cálido (850 metros sobre el nivel del mar)

Si esta invitación resuena contigo, envíanos un mensaje privado expresando tu interés en el voluntariado.
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#voluntariado #volunteering #ecoliving #ecoproject #estilodevida #permacultura #vivencia #experiencia #naturaleza #bamboovillage #cocreation

¿Te gustaría contribuir a un proyecto regenerativo en un refugio natural de bosques, quebradas, ríos y guaduales?
¿Te gustaría apoyar la creacion y consolidación de paisajes regenerativos, jardines acuáticos, y bosques comestibles?
¿Te gustaría tener la vivencia de habitar una arquitectura orgánica de guadua, inmersa en un entorno natural y silvestre?
¿Quisieras conectar con personas afines en un espacio de co-creacion?
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Estadía mínima dos semanas
* A partir de Octubre 2024
* Valle de San Blas (San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia)
* Clima cálido (850 metros sobre el nivel del mar)

Si esta invitación resuena contigo, envíanos un mensaje privado expresando tu interés en el voluntariado.
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#voluntariado #volunteering #ecoliving #ecoproject #estilodevida #permacultura #vivencia #experiencia #naturaleza #bamboovillage #cocreation

Inhabiting the threshold between inside and outside invites the essence of nature to come into a building, and the connection we feel to extend out into the enveloping spaces.
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At night, the warmth of gentle lighting inside and the darkness around creates a cosiness. By day the vibrancy of colour in the surrounding flowers, grasses, trees, dynamises the joy of everyday life 'inside'.
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Casa Soná, a heritage house that we have recently converted, is the only building at Ekawa that has walls. Bedrooms are held between rammed earth walls and a bamboo cupola, while a variety of social spaces occupy the houses' surroundings under an undulating bamboo roof.
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This is at the heart of the Bamboo Sanctuary and offers a stepping stone into an experience of what rainforest life can be.
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📷1: @thursley_nature
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#bamboo #bambooarchitecture #architecture #architectureatnight #design #designwithnature #bamboosanctuary #experience

Inhabiting the threshold between inside and outside invites the essence of nature to come into a building, and the connection we feel to extend out into the enveloping spaces.
.
At night, the warmth of gentle lighting inside and the darkness around creates a cosiness. By day the vibrancy of colour in the surrounding flowers, grasses, trees, dynamises the joy of everyday life 'inside'.
.
Casa Soná, a heritage house that we have recently converted, is the only building at Ekawa that has walls. Bedrooms are held between rammed earth walls and a bamboo cupola, while a variety of social spaces occupy the houses' surroundings under an undulating bamboo roof.
.
This is at the heart of the Bamboo Sanctuary and offers a stepping stone into an experience of what rainforest life can be.
.
📷1: @thursley_nature
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#bamboo #bambooarchitecture #architecture #architectureatnight #design #designwithnature #bamboosanctuary #experience

Behind the scenes over the last few months, remembering how much fun those everyday moments can be, the co-creations which contribute to something collective.
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Many of the words spoken in this video were inspired by Charles Eisenstein's writings. They convey a message which we have been living more and more at Ekawa as the years go by, and we aspire for this to continue to evolve as the Bamboo Village and the surrounding neighbourhood grows.
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#cocreation #behindthescenes #neighbourhood #ecoliving #bambooworkshop #team #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #bamboovillage #regenerativeneighborhood

Behind the scenes over the last few months, remembering how much fun those everyday moments can be, the co-creations which contribute to something collective.
.
Many of the words spoken in this video were inspired by Charles Eisenstein's writings. They convey a message which we have been living more and more at Ekawa as the years go by, and we aspire for this to continue to evolve as the Bamboo Village and the surrounding neighbourhood grows.
.
#cocreation #behindthescenes #neighbourhood #ecoliving #bambooworkshop #team #designwithnature #bambooarchitecture #bamboovillage #regenerativeneighborhood

As spiritual beings having a human experience, we may ask ourselves ... "How does architecture relate to the spiritual realm?" This question has taken us on a journey of exploration through many worlds... including the world of geometry and the world bamboo - which have now come together to form the architecture of Ekawa.
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Keith from @kstruthersstudios has brought to our space a lot of insight in relation to the question about architecture and the subtle realms - he has been and continues to be a great inspiration to us, and we are very grateful for his contribution to Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab where he shared much wisdom through design conversations, afternoon talks and model making.
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The spiral of reciprocity and sharing is so beautiful... 10 years ago Elle's search for deeper meaning in architecture took her to work at Keith's practice (Natural Architecture) in Cape Town. It was there that Elle was able to transcend her disillusion about her chosen profession, after experiencing practicing in a corporate setting: to imagine creating connection with nature through the built environment, to allow personal growth and healing to be part of the practice of architecture, and to find the spark of aliveness that energises a design. Fast forward a couple of years and she had begun the co-founding of Ekawa.
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Now, as Keith begins a new project in Brazil he came to Ekawa to learn about techniques of creating curved bamboo architecture, so that his design creativity can flow into this abundant material which is to be a core aspect in his Brazilian explorations.

#ekawa #bmaboolab #bamboarchitecture #bamboo #bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #design

As spiritual beings having a human experience, we may ask ourselves ... "How does architecture relate to the spiritual realm?" This question has taken us on a journey of exploration through many worlds... including the world of geometry and the world bamboo - which have now come together to form the architecture of Ekawa.
.
Keith from @kstruthersstudios has brought to our space a lot of insight in relation to the question about architecture and the subtle realms - he has been and continues to be a great inspiration to us, and we are very grateful for his contribution to Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab where he shared much wisdom through design conversations, afternoon talks and model making.
.
The spiral of reciprocity and sharing is so beautiful... 10 years ago Elle's search for deeper meaning in architecture took her to work at Keith's practice (Natural Architecture) in Cape Town. It was there that Elle was able to transcend her disillusion about her chosen profession, after experiencing practicing in a corporate setting: to imagine creating connection with nature through the built environment, to allow personal growth and healing to be part of the practice of architecture, and to find the spark of aliveness that energises a design. Fast forward a couple of years and she had begun the co-founding of Ekawa.
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Now, as Keith begins a new project in Brazil he came to Ekawa to learn about techniques of creating curved bamboo architecture, so that his design creativity can flow into this abundant material which is to be a core aspect in his Brazilian explorations.

#ekawa #bmaboolab #bamboarchitecture #bamboo #bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #design

And just like that, Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab has transitioned from a phase of community and co-creation at Ekawa, to a phase of flying, expanding, and a return home. We feel such gratitude to all the beautiful souls that blessed the Bamboo Lab with their enthusiasm and meaningful action.
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Like a caterpillar transitioning from chrysalis phase into its flying butterfly phase, Generation 5 now expands through the world, pollinating and transforming, taking the spirit of re-wilding into the habitats of all who participated.
#ekawa #bmaboolab #bamboarchitecture #bamboo #bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #design

And just like that, Generation 5 of the Bamboo Lab has transitioned from a phase of community and co-creation at Ekawa, to a phase of flying, expanding, and a return home. We feel such gratitude to all the beautiful souls that blessed the Bamboo Lab with their enthusiasm and meaningful action.
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Like a caterpillar transitioning from chrysalis phase into its flying butterfly phase, Generation 5 now expands through the world, pollinating and transforming, taking the spirit of re-wilding into the habitats of all who participated.
#ekawa #bmaboolab #bamboarchitecture #bamboo #bambooworkshop #ecobuilding #design

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santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

santuario para humanos y la naturaleza

Valle de San Blas, Antioquia, Colombia

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