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design with nature – die Bambusbauten / the bamboo architecture – design with nature
Bamboo has been a central material in Markus Heinsdorff’s art and building projects since the late 1990s. In numerous walk-in installations and structures, he combines the traditional natural building material with innovative construction and connection techniques. A high point of this development was the German-Chinese House at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, a two-storey bamboo-membrane pavilion. The book “Bambus – Bauen mit pflanzlichen Stäben” documents design, artistic work and innovative building techniques and became an internationally recognised standard work on building with bamboo. Projects such as Skyplace and the Tree House further demonstrate his ongoing engagement with natural materials, architecture and sustainable building.
die bambusbauten
Installation artist Markus Heinsdorff has engaged with the traditional building material bamboo in his structures since 1997. The main focus of the book is on the German-Chinese House at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, which he designed.
From May to October 2010, the World Expo under the motto “Better City, Better Life” takes place in the metropolis on the Yangtze. The German-Chinese House – the only binational building at the Expo – was developed by Markus Heinsdorff. The innovative two-storey bamboo-membrane structure, dedicated to sustainable urbanisation, represents the event series “Deutschland und China gemeinsam in Bewegung” and consists largely of natural bamboo tubes and bamboo laminates.
The building was made possible by the development of new bamboo joining and processing techniques. For the first time, this also made it possible to obtain a permit for a bamboo structure in China.
The environmentally friendly high-tech pavilion serves as an art and exhibition space.
The volume documents in detail, in images and text, the planning and realisation of the pavilion and shows the ideology behind its architecture. Further contributions address both the raw material bamboo in general and architecture and design using bamboo. A dedicated chapter covers Markus Heinsdorff’s other art structures and walk-in installations. Among others, the book shows: Skyplace, an airship built in Bali, a treehouse in the canopy of a rainforest tree, and a self-regenerating dome, both in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Prominent authors contributed texts: the head of the Goethe-Institut China, Michael Kahn-Ackermann, the cultural journalist Gottfried Knapp, the professor of wood biology Walter Liese, and the director of the Vitra Design Museum.
Hirmer Verlag
Authors
Alexander von Vegesack (1945) is a curator, collector and international design expert. He was founding director of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. He also founded the Domaine de Boisbuchet in France as an international centre for design and architecture.
Dr Gottfried Knapp (1942), feature writer, art and architecture critic for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (1974–2022) and author. He has published over 100 essays and monographic texts on architecture, urban planning and fine art, as well as several books.
Michael Kahn-Ackermann (1946) is a sinologist, curator and translator. In 1988 he was founding director of the Goethe-Institut in Beijing and later regional director of the Goethe-Institut in China. He headed the major cultural project “Deutschland und China – Gemeinsam in Bewegung” (2007–2010).
Dr Manfred Baur (1959) is an author, documentary filmmaker and science journalist. He studied chemistry, logic and philosophy of science and received his doctorate in chemistry. Since 1993 he has worked as a documentary filmmaker and science journalist – focusing on natural science, technology and history.
Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Department of Building Materials, headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Garrecht, civil engineer and materials scientist. In collaboration with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider, Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Ott, M.Sc. Mohamed Morsy and Dipl.-Ing. Christian Baumert.
Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures and Building
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Garrecht, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider, Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Ott, MSc Mohamed Morsy, Dipl.-Ing. Christian Baumert.
Prof. Mike Sieder, VariCon, Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), structural design, in collaboration with Alfred Rein Ingenieure GmbH (structural design and structural engineering) and Liz-Boa, Nick Seise (CAD construction, 3D modelling and textile architecture).
Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University, Shanghai, a leading university and research institution for architecture and engineering with an international focus and expertise. M.Sc. Sun Yongliang, architect, was project partner for structural and design development.