They established the Green School, and its affiliates: the Meranggi Foundation, which develops plantations of bamboo plants through presenting bamboo seedlings to local rice farmers; and PT Bambu, a for-profit design and construction company that promotes the use of bamboo as a primary building material, in an effort to avoid the further depletion of rainforests.
The Green School, a giant laboratory built by PT Bambu, is located on a sustainable campus straddling both sides of the Ayung River in Sibang Kaja, Bali, within a lush jungle with native plants and trees growing alongside sustainable organic gardens. The campus is powered by a number of alternative energy sources, including a bamboo sawdust hot water and cooking system, a hydro-powered vortex generator and solar panels.
Campus buildings include classrooms, gym, assembly spaces, faculty housing, offices, cafes and bathrooms. A range of architecturally significant spaces from large multi-storey communal gathering places to much smaller classrooms are a feature of the campus.
The result is a holistic green community with a strong educational mandate that seeks to inspire students to be more curious, more engaged and more passionate about the environment and the planet.
Video: This is a documentary of an outstanding Project in Bali called the Green School. It is Designed by Architect John Hardy and his wife Cynthia as a response to US Vice President Al Gore's movie: An Inconvenient Truth about the future of the Environment. It hopes to propose not just for individuals but a collective and community based Project to live in a totally Green Environment.
The School is Designed in Sibang Kaja, in the Province of Bali, Indonesia. The School's main structural elements are treated bamboo poles built into Curvilinear Masses to house the "Heart of School" or Administrative Building. The International School, proposes healthy living by teaching the kids about farming and recycling without compromising relevance and pracitcality in an ever modernizing world.
Video: a video tour of the campus by GS Head of Admissions, Ben Macrory
Video: One of the 19 nominees for the 11th Cycle of The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Project Data Project name: The Green School Location: Banjar Saren, Sibang Kaja, Abiansemal, Badung 80352, Indonesia Program: School Project Area: 7,542 sqm
