8 Eleena Jamil Architect, Malaysia This is a practice that stresses engagement with Asian cities and their nuances, rooting projects in place with a specificity and an engagement with local communities, whether private, public or third- sector clients. Local building form, materials and construction methods using local materials and processes focus on environmental, economic and social sustatinability. Use of bamboo in domestic architecture is generally limited to two extremes: either as temporary low- cost homes in poor, mainly rural areas, or as one-off houses located almost invariably in beautiful exotic sites and locations. In this proposal, the underlying idea is to demonstrate that it is possible to build permanent and comfortable contemporary homes in urban and suburban areas for the masses using local natural material such as bamboo. It intends to propel the idea of bamboo as a modern and everyday construction material just like bricks, steel or concrete. Bamboo Terrace Homes (in progress) uses bamboo as a primary building material. Terraced houses with 22’-wide street fronts have bamboo frames prefabricated off-site; fire-rated masonry walls separate units, bamboo columns and beams span between them; exterior walls are bamboo composite board systems. Bamboo houses are not temporary or regressive, but rather they modernise traditional tropical design, prioritising quality of life through outdoor space at every level.
1 insulated metal roofing and louvred skylight 2 bamboo roof rafters & battens 3 bamboo composite flooring system 4 bamboo structure 5 prefabricated modular bathroom units 6 bamboo screens 7 composite bamboo wall systems 8 glazing panels in bamboo framing 9 prefabricated bamboo staircase structure 10 engineered bamboo treads and risers 11 masonry party wall 12 raft foundation
from the top: Unit components, a combination of prefabrication and on site construction
Structure
Texture
The reinforcement of a community that derives from the terrace housing typology
images and text drawn from https://www. reurbanhousing.com/eleena-jamil where there are more images, text and diagrams. See also https://ej-architect.com/
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