EcoTubes Shenkar Campus

[cladding
decking]

Design:: Geotectura Studio- Architect Joseph Cory
Installation:: Gal Gridish, Woodmans
Photography:: Lior Avitan
Location:: Ramat Gan, israel
Collection:: [bamboo x treme]
Carbon storage:: 0 kg CO2 per m³
Bamboo absorbs CO2 as it grows and stores it in the material. The figure shown is the amount of CO2 captured per cubic metre of MOSO® bamboo, calculated over the full production process according to the EN 16449 standard.

The Shenkar Campus is located in the high-tech hub of Ramat Gan. Comprised of eight main buildings, it spreads across three sites – each within walking distance of one another. Recently, multiple college departments could move into the new Workshop Building, designed by renowned Geotectura Studio architect Dr. Joseph Cory. With a clear focus on sustainable architecture, Cory’s design ‘EcoTubes’ was inspired on the existing past, filled with sustainable materials and brings a bright climate in the campus building.

Less than a century ago, this area was fully covered with citrus orchards and the trees can now again be found in and around the campus buildings. The trees are also planned for the roof, that is already covered with MOSO ® Bamboo X-treme Decking. At the rooftop terrace, the ambiance improved dramatically with the playful MOSO ® Bamboo X-treme Cladding around the technical systems.

MOSO ® Bamboo X-treme Decking surrounds the swimming pool of the Meier on...