Bamboo Hall Project at Kundalinee School
This project was initiated by www.weltweitwandernwirkt.org. The organization ‘Hiking Around the World Works!’ supports international education projects with a focus on local value creation and sustainable tourism. These projects are aimed at preparing young people for a self-determined life locally. One of the key projects of the organization is the Kundalinee School, which includes Preschool, Elementary School (1st to 5th grade) and Secondary School (6th to 10th grade). The school currently has around 150 students and provides them with prospects in their own country.
This school project is the largest education project in the history of the association Worldwide Hiking Works! and also in the work of its founder Christian Hlade. The school complex consists of several classroom buildings and a large multifunctional hall made of bamboo for 400 pupils.
The multifunctional hall was designed and supervised by Johannes Würzler from Graz, Austria, and was completed using local building materials such as bamboo and rammed earth. It was built to cater for various activities conducted by the school, from events to games.
The project began with testing the compression strength and load capacity of the bamboo wood at Pulchowk Engineering Campus. Following proper testing and certification, a structural analysis was conducted using the test parameters. The metal and bamboo prototyping of the joint structure was done at the organization’s warehouse located in Patan.
Harauti Bamboo with a diameter of 3.5” was used for the post and Mal bamboo was used for purlin and rafter for the roof. The roofing material used was CGI sheet. The parapet was constructed using Rammed Earth by Sustainable Future. The main contractor was Sustainable Future Pvt. Ltd, led by Narayan Acharya, and all the bamboo and metal work were done by GBC as a sub-contractor.
