Brummi

Completion of the roof for the treatment tank. 07th May 2023: Chris and Rabea visit the Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden to witness the construction of a bamboo pavilion live. The concept for the pavilion was developed in the winter semester 2022/23 as part of a series of seminars on climate-friendly construction by … Read more

Save the date! On 02 and 03 June we will present the project “A Bamboo Training Centre in Ghana” at the European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund. https://europeanbambooexpo.eu/ Here you can find a nice report from RheinMain University about the hands-on workshop in Ghana: https://www.hs‑rm.de/en/about/news/latest-news/artikel/green-building-in-ghana

In March, the construction of the roofing for the treatment tank and the construction of a toilet building made of the sustainable building materials bamboo and clay will begin. This is being done in cooperative collaboration with the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and our local partner organisations BIDG and ABC. Under the guidance of … Read more

An important milestone has been reached. The bamboo treatment tank was completed. The treatment serves to preserve bamboo and is therefore a prerequisite for making it usable as a sustainable building material.

We wish you a Happy New Year 2023!

It was a successful and significant trip to Ghana in autumn 2022: Rabea and Christoph personally meet the team of their partner organisation “Bamboo for Integrated Development Ghana” (BIDG). Our cooperation with the “International Bamboo and Rattan Organization” (INBAR Ghana) is strengthened by a visit to the new headquarters in Accra and further meetings with … Read more

Design Build Summer School at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden. “As part of the elective course “Climate-friendly building | DESIGN BUILD”, 44 students from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering took part in a design-build week centered around sustainable building materials such as clay and bamboo.”https://www.hs-rm.de/de/hochschule/aktuelles/details/artikel/summer-school-klimagerechtes-bauen-mit-lehm-und-bambus

Final submission and presentations of the students, this time in presence at the RhineMain University of Applied Sciences. The students present convincing plans and designs for the construction project “Accommodation for the Bamboo Training Center in Ghana”. We are very impressed.

First contact with Ghana promoter Nicolai Roerkohl. Our association becomes a member of the Ghana-Forum NRW e.V. The Ghana-Forum offers meeting space and platform for mutual exchange of experiences, information and for joint activities. First contact with Emil Fischer, CEO of Bamboo for Integrated Development (BIDG). After our first acquaintance, possibilities and potentials of a … Read more