Michel Kramer
Technical Office Expo 2000
Global House Expo Plaza 2
D - 30521 Hannover
10 February 2000
Dear Michel Kramer,
I
hope you received my photos, so you can see what kind of bamboo
installations I'm used to make. Most of them are build interactively
with other people: amateurs just helping for one or more days.
I understood that this is also a reason why you want to work
with me for the Latin America Pavilion. I can make large structures
with only bamboo poles of 305 cm and a diameter of 24/26 mm.
The connections are made with rubber bands: they are very strong
and safe to use. The only problem (in this case, because most
projects I do are just for a short period) is UV-rays from sunshine:
they will ruin the rubber in 3 months. But we can avoid this
by using other materials to cover it, like tape or sisal rope.
For this expo I understand everything should be
build very safe: that's why I suggest using the bamboo arcades
as you can see on the drawing. I have enough experience with
these constructions to know that they are strong enough to use
for this purpose. And we can connect them, so they can support
each other. The size depends to the length of the bamboo. When
we use 10 feet's they will be 13 meters height, nearly 12 meter
wide and 2,5 meters depth. Depending to the intention you have
with this pavilion, I can imagine a squared construction of these
arcades in which we can place round circus tents with 14 meter
of diameter. They can be very colourful and connected to each
other, so visitors can walk around.
Yours sincerely,
Antoon Versteegde