#peter steinhauer

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Peter Steinhauer, Green - Orange Cocoon, Hong Kong, 2013

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 A Visual Appreciation of Hong Kong's Bamboo Scaffolding - Atlas Obscura

Amid the skyscrapers that comprise Hong Kong’s dense skyline, one might spot a few structures shrouded in vibrantly colored mesh and encased in grids of bamboo. These spectral scaffolds have been used for construction, renovation, and demolition in China for thousands of years, and they’re also objects of enduring fascination for scholars and artists.

One of the first photographs of this distinct, dynamic process is an image created by John Thomson in Hong Kong in 1871. It shows a man climbing up an intricate network of bamboo surrounding a building. The scene, rendered in black and white, reveals the apparent durability of a seemingly delicate support system.

Bamboo scaffolding is one of the strongest, lightest, and most sustainable construction techniques practiced today. The bamboo and nylon mesh are recycled and reused for other developments, and the plants themselves are some of the fastest growing in the world.

(photographs by Peter Steinhauer)

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De flatnummers van Singapore in fotoserie Number Blocks van Peter Steinhauer.

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Peter Steinhauer

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Peter Steinhauer, Cherry Street Cocoon, Hong Kong, 2009

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ピーター・ステインハワーによる香港の高層ビル建設現場の覆いや竹の足場を撮影した写真 (designboom) Peter Steinhauer captures the colorful bamboo scaffolding dressing hong kong's skyscrapers (designboom)

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Peter Steinhauer - Skycrapers