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Headline : Sports Hall Made Entirely From Bamboo
Caption : This stunning school sports hall has been constructed entirely from bamboo.

The impressive £300,000 facility utilises combines modern organic design and 21st century engineering to create a structure from natural material and with a zero carbon footprint.

Recently completed, it is the work of Chiangmai Life Architects (CLA), who were tasked with with creating the bamboo sports hall for Panyaden International School in Thailand's Chiang Mai province.

The design was based on the lotus flower as the school uses Buddhist teachings to infuse values into its academic curriculum and teach the underlying mechanisms of the human mind.

The brief was to build a hall that should be big enough to hold the projected capacity of 300 students, but still smoothly integrates with the previous earthen and bamboo buildings of the school as well as the natural hilly landscape of the area.

It should provide modern sports facilities and uses only bamboo to maintain the low carbon footprint and the “Green School” mission of Panyaden.

The hall covers an area of 782 sqm, and hosts futsal, basketball, volleyball and badminton courts, as well as a stage that can be lifted automatically. The backdrop of the stage is the front wall of a storage room for sports and drama equipment. On both long sides balconies provide space for parents and other visitors to observe sporting events or shows.

The design and material enable a cool and pleasant climate all year round through natural ventilation and insulation.

The hall was designed with the help of two independent engineers to ensure modern safety standards of loads, shear forces, and to withstand the local high-speed winds, earthquakes and all other natural forces.

The innovative structural design is based on newly developed prefabricated bamboo trusses with a span of over 17 meters without steel reinforcements or connections. These trusses were prebuilt on site and lifted into position with the help of a crane.

The bamboo was all well selected for age and treated with borax salt. No toxic chemicals were involved in the treatment process. The life span of the bamboo hall is expected to be at least 50 years.
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