Bamboo Intro Buildathon
book the courseBamboo is just a tool, the end goal is to make other people’s lives better
– Ar. Joy Onozawa
Bamboo Foundation Knowledge
Green Lifestyle Architect, Ar. Ma. Lourdes “Joy” Onozawa collaborates with the Bamboo Bootcamp on a 3-Day Bamboo Workshop, consisting of Bamboo 101, Bamboo 102 and a rapid build project, a combination of lectures and actual hands-on activities. A Bamboo Building Workshop
This is perfect for those who are curious about Bamboo and would like to dive in head first. This course is made for first-timers and enthusiasts. This course is open to everyone with the will and ability to learn new things. Don’t be alarmed, there will be professionals in the training team to guide and assist all of us to ensure safety and efficient learning experience.
What you will learn:
Bamboo 101 shows the very basic of Bamboo Literacy and Bamboo Production: This will be the foundation on your Bamboo Knowledge. This will equip you with the proper knowledge about Bamboo as a material to be able to fully utilize it to maximum efficiency.
The following will be discussed under this module :
- Significant Bamboo species in the Philippines and its uses
- Benefits of planting Bamboo
- Various uses of Bamboo Poles
- Bamboo reinforcement
- How to harvest, treat, and store Bamboo
- Cutting, treating and waterproofing Bamboo
- How to make Bamboo joints
- How to identify Bamboo parts for propagation
** Completion of Bamboo 101 is required to move on to Bamboo 102
Bamboo 102 deepens your understanding and Know-How about Bamboo to get you ready for the next step, which is Bamboo Utilization. You will be able to see the wide range of possibilities with Bamboo, so you can make better choices on what and how you want to include Bamboo as a tool for your end goal.
The following will be discussed under this module :
- Bamboo as a fiber
- Bamboo for health, beauty and food
- Bamboo for household use, toys and crafts
- Bamboo construction
- Bamboo material processing methods
- Innovative Bamboo designs
- Make Bamboo structure models
- Make Bamboo floor and wall
- Construction of Bamboo post and foundation
- Dying/coloring Bamboo
** Completion of Bamboo 102 is required to move on to participate in the Buildathon
Buildathon is a 1-Day Rapid Bamboo Construction Workshop where participants will be able to build a simple structure, all hands-on. Projects may include a Bamboo WarkaWater tower , a Bamboo Waiting Shed, A simple Bamboo gazebo, to name a few.
The workshop is for adults with a passion and an interest in going full hands-on with Bamboo and wanting to find ways to explore how creative they can get with Bamboo. This is perfect for those who are curious about Bamboo and would like to dive in head first. This course is made for first-timers and enthusiasts. This course is open to everyone with the will and ability to learn new things. Don’t be alarmed, there will be professionals in the training team to guide and assist all of us to ensure safety and efficient learning experience.
Workshop Schedule
Oct 14-16, 2022
Location: Buda, Davao City
Registration Fee: Php 15,000
Inclusions:
Course Fee and Materials
Basic Dorm Type Lodging with clean bathrooms
Basic Meals (3 square and 2 snacks)
An experience of a Lifetime
** option to remove Lodging and Breakfast/Dinner available for Php 3000 less, registration Php 12,000
Our students success stories
Below is what our students have to say about us.
The Bamboo Fundamentals Training under Ar. Jed Michael De Guzman who was trained in the Bamboo University in Bali is an amazing experience. Having to live in the Bamboo House in Manolo Fortich for 9 days and studying the importance of bamboo in sustainability and bamboo from planting, propagation, clump management, to harvesting, to treatment and actual handling, to uses in furniture and actual construction of a bamboo house. Indeed, it's a life changing experience.
Rizza Funa, Architect
Eight days? With so many discoveries and experiences at every "bamboo node," I forgot to count the days. Interesting, exciting, exhausting. Every day was a "pliant like bamboo" movement from theory to practice, from lecture to workshop, from ideal to real. But more than the magic of bamboo, it was the contagion of interacting with people in love with bamboo that spelled the difference.
Father Mario Baclig
It is an unforgettable experienced which its not only about bamboo i have learn but also i gain new good friends. It's a life changing experienced and inspires me advocate bamboo construction in our country.
Catherine Ramoso, Architect
Makabuluhan ang pagsali ko sa bamboo bootcamp na to. 3 years n kong nagtatrabaho gamit ang kawayan pero nagugulat parin ako sa mga natutuklasan ko sa kawayan... sa tingin ko marami pang tinatago ang kawayan na nagaatay lng matuklasan
Jaypee Igos
The workshop has not only showed me the limitless possibilities of bamboo but also showed us how to tap its maximum potential. You will be left all fired up and excited to pursue your bamboo dreams to reality!
Eunice Maria
Mula 1st module hngng last. Im sure wala kng palalampasin. Sobrang saya ng work shop, very interesting and exciting, nakaka-adik ang bawat work shop.I almost didn't want to stop hand on training. You don't have to be a skilled worker to train, you need to learn.
Edel Pacaldo
The workshop was very comprehensive and gave lots of opportunities for hands-on experience. I really got to know and understand bamboo in its entireity, which gave me a great appreciation for its value both to the environment and the human community. I cannot wait to make use of my new skills!