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- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionThailand’s eco-friendly Panyaden International School has added a stunning new <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/sports-hall/" target="_blank">sports hall</a> to its campus that’s built entirely of bamboo and stays naturally cool year-round in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Designed by <a href="https://www.bamboo-earth-architecture-construction.com/" target="_blank">Chiangmai Life Construction</a>, the Bamboo Sports Hall features a modern organic design that draws inspiration from the lotus flower. The large multipurpose facility was built to withstand local natural forces including high-speed winds and earthquakes, and boasts a zero-carbon footprint.1
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionCompleted this year, the Bamboo Sports Hall features a lotus-like organic shape in a nod to Panyaden International School’s use of Buddhist values in its academic curriculum.2
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionIts undulating shape also reflects the surrounding hilly topography.3
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionThe 782-square-meter open-air building is supported with a series of arches and topped with three petal-like round roofs lifted up at the edges to let in natural ventilation and indirect light.4
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionThe multipurpose facility can accommodate 300 students and includes futsal, basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts, as well as a stage that can be lifted automatically, and storage room for sports and drama equipment.5
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionViewing balconies flank the sporting area and stage.6
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionBamboo was selected as the primary building material to maintain Panyaden’s “Green School” mission of a low carbon footprint and to blend in with the school’s existing earth-and-bamboo buildings.7
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life Construction“Panyaden’s Sports Hall’s carbon footprint is zero,” write the architects. “The bamboo used absorbed carbon to a much higher extent than the carbon emitted during treatment, transport and construction.”8
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionThe large openings for natural ventilation, insulation, and use of bamboo help create a comfortable indoor climate year-round.9
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionNo toxic chemicals were used to treat the bamboo, which has an expected lifespan of at least 50 years.10
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life ConstructionThe exposed prefabricated bamboo trusses span over 17 meters.11
- Bamboo Sports Hall by Chiangmai Life Construction“Here we show how bamboo can create a space that is 15 meters wide and high without any steel reinforcements,” wrote the architects. “From the outside it looks like it has grown there or transformed from one of the rolling hills in the background to become a human artifice. As in fact the Panyaden International School Sports Hall is a combination of careful artistic design, beautiful detailed handicraft and major construction.”12
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