Elora Hardy: Magical houses, made of bamboo
Elora Hardy: Cases màgiques fetes amb bambú
Cultivating the power of sustainable materials, Elora Hardy leads Ibuku, creating bespoke bamboo homes in her native Bali. Full bio
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my house to look like,
com voldria que fos la meva casa,
this was so unusual at the time,
de com era d'insòlit allò.
on the island of Bali.
fet per encàrrec a l'illa de Bali
from the fourth floor.
té vistes a la vall.
to catch the breezes.
per aprofitar les brises.
to keep the air conditioning in
per conservar l'aire acondicionat dins
in the corner of her living room.
en un racó de la sala d'estar.
just didn't feel right,
no semblava adequat,
aquesta gran beina teixida.
luxuries, like bathrooms.
com lavabos.
in the corner of the living room,
en un racó de la sala d'estar
actually hesitate to use it.
dubten a l'hora de fer-lo servir.
our acoustic insulation.
la insonorització acústica.
that we're still working on,
if you use it right.
si s'utilitza de manera adequada.
spring water, sunlight,
brolladors, llum del sol,
that grow across the world,
que creixen al món,
building with bamboo,
a construir amb bambú
that he planted just seven years ago.
que va plantar fa set anys.
a new generation of shoots.
una nova generació de brots.
in three days just last week,
va créixer un metre en tres dies.
timber in three years.
fusta sostenible en tres anys.
of family-owned clumps.
de la nostra propietat familliar.
per la muntanya...
the tensile strength of steel,
de l'acer,
del formigó.
by just a few men,
uns pocs homes
built Green School in Bali,
la Green School a Bali,
of the buildings on campus,
per a tots els edificis del campus,
that they will not run out of.
que no se'ls acabarà.
under construction about six years ago,
aquelles estructures en construcció
and what can we do with it next?
i què mes podem fer a partir d'ara?
the original builders of Green School,
de la Green School,
so it represents my Mother Earth,
i representa la meva Mare Terra.
of artisans, architects and designers,
arquitectes i dissenyadors
is creating a new way of building.
crear un nova forma de construir.
most of them in Bali.
la majoria d'elles a Bali.
some of these homes --
d'algunes d'elles,
to come visit someday.
a visitar-nos algun dia.
you can also see Green School --
la Green School
classrooms there each year --
fairy mushroom house.
de la casa-bolet màgic.
a little house for export.
en un caseta per a l'exportació
that we replicated,
de la qual n'hem reproduït
with an open-air kitchen.
a l'aire lliure.
22 meters across a river.
que fa 22 metres de llarg.
it's not entirely new.
like this one in Java,
complexos com aquest a Java,
the tropical regions of the world
a totes les zones tropicals del món
that were first reached by bamboo rafts.
en barques de bambú per primer cop.
protect bamboo from insects,
contra els insectes de manera eficaç,
that was ever built out of bamboo is gone.
quasi tot el que es construí amb bambú.
es fa malbé.
es corca.
especially in Asia,
sobre tot a l'Àsia,
or rural enough to actually want
o un camperol, pots voler
that bamboo is worth building with,
construir amb bambú,
per un tractament segur.
a viable building material.
un material de construcció viable.
si es dissenya amb cura,
can last a lifetime.
pot durar tota una vida.
extraordinary out of it.
alguna cosa extraordinària.
fomenta l'artesania.
with the adventurous outliers
amb els intrépids aventurers
of locally trained architects
formats a nivell local,
estretes i balmades.
no hi ha línies rectes,
and vocabulary of architecture
i el vocabulari arquitectònic
les nostres pròpies regles.
what it wants to become,
i què vol ser,
design for its strengths,
per aprofitar els seus punts forts,
and to make the most of its curves.
i aprotifar les seves corbes.
that we'll later use to build the house.
per construir la casa.
we measure each pole,
a piece of bamboo from the pile
i escollim una canya de la pila
we consider everything.
ho tenim en compte tot.
rectangulars?
why not doors shaped like teardrops?
fer portes amb forma de llàgrima?
and work within the constraints
i treballar amb les limitacions
we have found space for something new.
vam trobar espai per coses noves.
do you make a ceiling
com fas un sostre
flat boards to work with?
of sheet rock and plywood.
i contraplacats.
is skilled craftsmen
uns artesans especialitzats
ho envernissen.
kitchen countertops
plaques de cocció resistents
structure you've just built?
estructura corba que hem construït?
com si féssim llesques de pa
encaixin amb altres peces
la part de fora
it is almost entirely handmade.
és quasi tot fet a mà.
of our buildings
es reforcen amb acer
a lot of hand-whittled bamboo pins.
claus de bambú fets a mà.
and durable bamboo skin.
llustrós i resistent.
quan vas descalç.
en què camines?
that you'll ultimately leave on the world?
que deixaràs al món, finalment?
with creativity and commitment,
amb creativitat i compromís,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elora Hardy - Sustainable designerCultivating the power of sustainable materials, Elora Hardy leads Ibuku, creating bespoke bamboo homes in her native Bali.
Why you should listen
Growing up in Bali with two artist parents, Elora Hardy’s creativity led her to design prints for one of New York's biggest fashion houses. Then, in a dramatic shift, she moved back home and founded Ibuku, a team that builds bespoke homes made and furnished almost entirely of bamboo.
The strength of this abundant local grass allows for towering, curvilinear structures with a notable sense of luminosity and comfort. Ibuku builds on a design process and an engineering system that were first established at the nearby Green School. Five years ago, Elora and her team chose one humble material, and with it they are building a whole new world.
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