'Growing Home' Shelter

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on August 28, 2009

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Designed by Stefan de Beer From: Breda, Netherlands Shelter location: Netherlands Date Accepted: August 27, 2009 The fr ame of this shelter is a living and growing skeleton of bamboo. Direction and angle of growth is determined by a network of cables. When the bamboo reaches its desired length a special technique stops growth. Making a living organism the main part of an architectural construction. Weather resistant cloth covers the grown frame. This shelter will function beside the practical use as a contrast to its surroundings.

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