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Vienna and Beijing based-design studio Penda has revealed new ecological-Bamboo city for the Beijing Design Week 2015. The project called ''Rising Canes'' rethinks the process and sustainable materials like Bamboo, in combination with a smart way of construction methods are more valuable than ever. 

For the Beijing Design Week 2105, Penda explores the power of a true ecological, modular building tool- and over the last year, the studio developped a structural system out of Bamboo. Beijing Design Week 2105 has launched in September 23, 2015 and run until October 7, 2015, hosted many interesting projects and installations from different designers. 

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By adding and connecting new bamboo culms to the structure, it grows and becomes stronger to take on more loads of the building. Construction with bamboo has a large tradition in Asia and the southern region of China. The current state irresponsible city planning, pollution and economic crises asks to the architecture profession to rethink their process and sustainable materials like Bamboo. 

Therefore the building and the way bamboo is used as a structure is very much involved in a life-cycle of plants. A true ecological approach of building, which leaves no harm to the surrounding environment and therefor a counter-movement to a conventional city planning.

''We would like to explore thepotential growth ofecological architecture andthe potential it brings tocity- and countryside-life.From small structures, to emergencyshelters, to villages, vertical farming,bridgesor city structures. All in Bamboo and in a sustainable building cycle'' says the studio for Beijing Design Week 2105.

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connect nature and to the structure to grow upon

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