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A Sino-Australian Bilateral Workshop on merging traditional bamboo knowledge and digital fabrication techniques

From 4th – 23rd July, a group of 25 students from Architecture and Product Design from University of Western Australia (UWA) and UNNC got together to design and construct small structures in Bamboo.


Bamboo making (2) at UNNC

Desgin discussion with local bamboo master at UNNC

Design workshop at UNNC

Students worked together with staff from UNNC Architecture& PDM and UWA Desgin School, and a local bamboo craft artisan from Yinzhou district of Ningbo. Students combined traditional knowledge and digital fabrication tools to create four contemporary bamboo pieces.

Learning basic bamboo fabrication skill at UNNC

Testing idea with 3D printing at UNNC

                                                       Group work output 1    Group work output 2   

                                                       Group work output 3    Group work output 4

At the end of the workshop, from 23rd – 30th July, four representative students from UNNC went to Perth, Australia to present the project outcomes and interact with students and staff at UWA.

Exhibition and presentation in UWA (1)

Exhibition and presentation in UWA (2)

Through the course of the workshop, students have deepened the knowledge of traditional bamboo making, understood the latest digital design technique, cultivated spirits of teamwork and collaboration, and at most, importantly learnt the understanding of different and distanced culture. 

Learning basic bamboo weaving with master at intangile heritage museum in Ningbo China 2

Site visit to Lin'An bamboo eco village 2

Site visit to the Rong Desgin Library in Hangzhou China 2

Welcome dinner hosted by HoD 2

Published on 25 July 2019