Our project introduces bamboo as an affordable, easy-to-grow, and sustainable building material to first serve as a phytoremediation plant to initially cleanse the recreational park. Then, the harvested material would construct various scales of bamboo structures from large clusters to very fine and porous systems to remediate current issues and future concerns in our site.

Our strategy involves constructing a community center atop the existing structures, repurposing them to reduce expenses and environmental impact. The community center would be the core for our envisioned bamboo neighborhood, including a processing factory, several bamboo workshops, a communal dinner, a community kitchen, a cafe and a showroom. Those programs are deeply associate with the surrounding resources and intended to tackle the current concerns. Additionally, we are contemplating a series of expansions that would extend the building’s reach into both the public housing area and the upscale art neighborhood on the opposite side, potentially serving as an urban link to revitalize the entire area.