About  

SPA Bhopal in collaboration with MP Bamboo Mission is organizing a 5-day workshop "Design with Bamboo" to Promote Bamboo also known as  “Green Gold” as the most sustainable industrial material with a multifold positive impact on the environment.  This workshop is conceptualized to enhance Bamboo Design Skills, and innovation and induce an Entrepreneurial mindset among students and artisans. In this hands-on workshop artists, students, faculty, and industry mentors will work in groups to develop novel designs for bamboo products, furniture, and structure-level interventions. In this workshop industry experts, faculty members, master artisans, students, and artisans will work together on product, furniture, and structure levels to explore innovative ways of designing with Bamboo.  

SPA Bhopal's collaboration with MP Bamboo Mission aims to promote the use of bamboo in everyday products and Building construction.  Bamboo is one of the most promising environment-friendly materials for designers. The unique property of Bamboo as a material and its techniques of translation into hand-crafted products opens a great opportunity for its exploration and adaptation in design. Madhya Pradesh with a rich Bamboo resource has immense potential to research,  design, and promote Bamboo as a sustainable material for product and building design. 

School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (SPA Bhopal), with Design and Architecture as distinct disciplines involved directly through academic research and innovation in practice using bamboo as materials for their product and building designs. SPA Bhopal with its focused human resources relating to the idea of design and materiality has incubated a resource center, Bamboo Research and Design Lab, to research, experiment, and design with the material. BR&D Lab allows the students and artisans to work with indigenous and renewable resources and give back pragmatic models of the product and building design to society and the larger developing world. Along with the material explorations, there are entrepreneurship opportunities to develop a brand based on Bamboo for furniture, lifestyle, architecture-oriented products, and Structure.

Experts Profiles


Design with Bamboo workshop is curated to inspire and upscale the skills and knowledge they need to create a more beautiful and sustainable world with bamboo. Our vision is to inspire young minds and artisans to look beyond the conventional practices and innovate with aesthetic expression, material integration, smart technologies and quality of Design standards.  The design knowledge must be disseminated to young minds and artisans to explore ecological entrepreneurship and business. 

 We are bringing the most inspiring veterans of bamboo. All the experts are extremely passionate and motivated and have innovated best practices towards designing with bamboo.   Their designs have created benchmarks in innovation and  modern approach towards designing with Bamboo. Explore the profiles of our experts.

Shashank Gautam
Architect & Industrial Designer
https://www.mianzi.in/

Akash Bakshi
Architect & Furniture Designer
https://studiodesignopedia.weebly.com

Priyam Ballav Goswami
Architect specializing in Bamboo Architecture
http://magnidus.in


Themes

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of bamboo material, treatment, model making, conventional and modern tools, integration of different materials, and entrepreneurship.  This workshop will provide you the tools for innovation and experience to make different scale of design in bamboo at the product level, furniture and structure level.  

Theme A
Product Design with Bamboo 

Theme B
Furniture Design with Bamboo 

Theme C
Architectural Structure with Bamboo 

Registration Details


 We are committed to promoting environmentally conscious and sustainable design practices, emphasizing the need for creativity and practical skills to shape the future of design. Our workshop provides a five-day immersive learning experience focused on working with bamboo. Collaborating with experienced artisans and veterans in bamboo craftsmanship will significantly elevate the standard of our designs. The workshop is curated for beginner to medium level of experience with bamboo.  


Students, Academicians, and Professionals who are keen to learn about bamboo as an eco-friendly design material must participate in this workshop.  The workshop will upscale your knowledge, network, and experience in the domain of bamboo innovation. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to develop small and large full-scale design solutions across various categories such as products, furniture, and structures. 


Best projects within each category will be recognized with awards. 



Participation in the workshop "Design with Bamboo" is scheduled on the 11th & 15th of March 2024 and requires registration.
The Registration needs to be done in two parts, Filling out the Registration form and Fees payment. The registration category is as follows; 



We have very limited seats for this workshop. Please register at the earliest if the intent of the workshop excites you.
All registered participants will get a Certificate of Participation.

This registration amount excludes the food and accommodation costs.  


Registration Process & Link 

1. Form Fill
Fill out the form and make the payment.

2. Receive Confirmation
Get confirmation on your registered mail

Organising Team 

Workshop Chair 

Workshop Coordinators 

Convener 

Patron 

Workshop Schedule

Day 1 | 11th March

09:30 - 10:15  OAB  Registration  

10:15  OAB   Welcome address by Dr Shanu & Aman 

10:20  OAB   Inauguration by Dr Tapas Mitra, HoD Design

10:30 - 11:30  OAB   Fundamentals of Bamboo by Monikuntala Das

11:30 - 13:00  OAB  Design, Aesthetics, and Innovation with Bamboo by Shashank G
 13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break  

14:00 - 16:00  BRDL   Team Tasks: Problem-Solving with Bamboo, Discussions

16:00 - 17:00  OAB   Prof Kailasa Rao, Director SPAB Vision address
Dr U K Subuddhi, Director, MPSBM Vision address  

17:00 - 17:30  OAB   MoU Extension by Director, MPSBM and Director, SPAB
  

Day 2 | 12th March 

10:00 - 11:00  OAB   Demonstration by Teams & Exhibition
 11:00 - 12:00  OAB   Designing with Bamboo: Principles & Practices by Monikuntala Das

12:00 - 13:00  OAB   Team Task: Exploration of Forms, Expression and Design 

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break  

14:00 - 17:00  BRDL   Team Task: Review From Mentors
 17:00 - 17:30  BRDL   Discussions with Team Mentors
  

Day 3 | 13th March 

09:30 - 10:00  OAB   Exhibition of Task

10:00 - 11:00  OAB   Regenerative Design: Iconic Expressions with Bamboo by Priyam BG

11:00 - 12:00  OAB   Bamboo: Design and Finishes by Akash Bakshi 

12:00 - 13:00  OAB   Bamboo & Business: Entrepreneurship Opportunity & Challenges by Shashank G

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break  

14:00 - 17:00  BRDL   Team Task: Assigning Mentors and Task Introduction

17:00 - 17:30  BRDL   Discussions with Team Mentors  

 

Day 4 | 14th March   

10:00 - 13:00  BRDL   Team Task: Detailing and Finishes

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break  

14:00 - 17:00  BRDL   Design and Business Pitch: Presentation by each team

17:00 - 17:30  BRDL  Discussions with Team Mentors

 

Day 5 | 15th March   

10:00 - 12:00  BRDL   Team Task Continues: Improvements and implementation

12:00 - 13:00  BRDL   Final Presentation and Exhibition

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break  

14:00 - 16:00  OAB   Final Exhibition 

16:00 - 17:00  OAB   Best Project Awards 

17:00 - 17:30  OAB   Closing Ceremony  



*BRDL:   Bamboo Research and Design Lab, Workshop SPAB

*OAB:  Seminar Room, Gr Floor of Old Academic Block


Organising Institutes 

Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission
मध्य प्रदेश राज्य बांस मिशन

Contact

Workshop Chair 


Dr. Shanu Sharma 

shanusharma@spabhopal.ac.in

Aman Rupesh Xaxa

aman.xaxa@spabhopal.ac.in