Table of Contents

Introduction: Building From Tradition, Part I: Material Fundamentals, 1. Geologic Materials, 1.1 Earth, 1.2 Stone, 2. Plant Materials, 2.1 Reed and Grass, 2.2 Wood, 2.3 Bamboo, Part II: Material Strategies 3. Bespoke to Standardized, 3.1 Onjuku Beach House, 3.2 Hostal Ritoque, 3.3 Niamey 2000, 3.4 Affordable Urban Housing, 3.5 ModCell Straw Technology, 3.6 Ricola Kräuterzentrum, 4. Local Engagement , 4.1 Opera Village and the Center for Health Care and Social Promotion, 4.2 Dungga Daycare, 4.3 Common Ground Neighborhood, 4.4 Women’s Opportunity Center, 4.5 Esperanza Series, 4.6 Ma'anqiao Village Reconstruction.5. Materials and Place , 5.1 Tåkern Visitor Center, 5.2 Al Jahili Fort , 5.3 Jianamani Visitor Center, 5.4 Bry-sur-Marne Social Housing, 5.5 Wind and Water Bar, 5.6 Haus am Moor, 6. Primitive to Performative, 6.1 Kargyak Learning Center, 6.2 Pani Community Center, 6.3 House Rauch, 6.4 Aknaibich Preschool, 6.5 Blooming Bamboo Home. 6.6 Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Center, 7. Reflections and Looking Ahead

About the Author

Elizabeth M. Golden is a registered architect in the United States and in Germany. She has contributed her expertise to the design and construction of the Gohar Khatoon Girls’ School, the largest institution of its kind in Afghanistan, and to Niamey 2000, an urban housing proposal for the rapidly expanding capital of Niger. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington, she teaches courses focused on design, materials, and building technology, with an emphasis on sustainable systems. She is also co-director of the Philippines Bamboo Workshop.