Article source: BARBERIO COLELLA ARC + Angelo Figliola

The Bamboo Office is one of the winners of the “1st International Design Building Competition”, promoted by the “Chinese Sustainable Design Centre” and the “China New Building Materials Design & Research Institute”. Barberio Colella ARC, in collaboration with Angelo Figliola, designed The Bamboo Office, a proposal in which architectural, bioclimatic and environmental aspects converge. The main goal of the design is to connect future employers with nature. This means that people inside the building can constantly perceive the passage of time and the flow of seasons during the year. In this way, who works inside the building or visits it can feel the synergistic relationship between architecture and nature.This object is pursued thanks to different architectural and natural devices. First, a double skin facade, which allows the optimal bioclimatic behaviour of the building during the different seasons, permitting the heat to enter during the summer and the cool air to penetrate inside the building in a passive manner, using benefits of natural ventilation. Inside the double skin facade, there is the “bamboo line”, which consents to control and optimize the glare amount, while permits the light to enter inside the building a diffuse way. The bamboo line also creates all around the building the sensation to work surrounded by nature, potentially reaching the maximum level of mental and physical comfort. Plus, an “inner green space” permits employers and visitors to live the green space not only inside the building but also outside it, creating an outdoor lounge area. This area is surrounded by high bamboo plants which shades the South side of the building during the summer, protecting the same from wind during the winter.

Exterior View, Image Courtesy © BARBERIO COLELLA ARC + Angelo Figliola

• Architects: BARBERIO COLELLA ARC + Angelo Figliola
• Project: Bamboo Office
• Location: Changzhou, China
• Software used: Rhinoceros, V-Ray, Rhino, Photoshop CC and Lightroom
• Architectural Design and Structural Design: Barberio Colella ARC (Maurizio Barberio and Micaela Colella)
• Enviromental Design and Analysis: Angelo Figliola

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