PROJECTS:
1. Designed Prototypes:
1. Roof and walls cement plastered on horizontally fixed “Flat bamboo” panels
2. Lime added while plastering to avoid cracking and white ant attack
3. Pigments added to cement plastering material provides elegant look
4. Main door of CGI sheet
5. Inner doors of prefabricated PVC
6. Walls and floors of cooking alcove and toilet finished by glazed tiles
7. Windows of MS grills with glazed finish
Disaster resistant design
1. Floor raised to protect the residents from flood, damp, insects, and snake bite; floor height higher than expected maximum depth of flood
2. 4-sloped roof to avoid tilting wind force at the gabble ends
3. 23-25 deg slope of roof to avail minimum wind suction on roofs
4. Strong ceiling level structure to resist deformation by wind pressure
5. Diagonals below and above floor to resist tilting force of wind
6. 4 cm PCC on a layer of bamboo to construct floor with strength as specified in NBC 2015 and to satisfy Factors of safety as internationally recommended
7. Weight of said PCC floor adequate to resist tilting and wind suction on building as a totality
2. Use of bamboo to construct the first floor of Nilkantha Prathomic Bidyalaya, the ground floor originally of masonry construction
3.1 development of the scheme: Credit: Ar. Anna Met Muller, Danish Architect.
3.2: Inauguration of the first floor by bamboo
Opening ceremony of first floor of Nilkantha Shishu Siksha Niketan, constructed by bamboo in village Bermour, N 24 Parganas, West Bengal; the construction was completed in 2016.
This school was originally a single floor masonry structure constructed locally. It was decided that the first-floor extension would be made of eco-friendly materials and must be cyclone-resistant due to the increasing number of cyclones every year in the area. The project was financially supported by Joygopalpur Gram Vikas Kendra and conceptually designed by Ar. Anne Mette Muller. The complete bamboo structure was designed and executed by us and made open to public in February 2016.
3. Prototype IAY House, Birati Building Centre of FOSET, Birati, N 24 Parganas, West Bengal:
4.1: the bamboo infrastructure under construction
4.2: construction of interiors
4.3 Construction of exteriors
4.4: The view of interiors