With green architecture in mind , the idea of ?Green Ladder? is combination of bamboo ladders ? a popular equipment made by bamboo ? a traditional material in Vietnam. These bamboo units were assembled in Vietnam and transferred to Australia.

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Architects: Vo Trong Nghia Architects

Location: 16-20 Goodhope St, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia

Principal Architects: Vo Trong Nghia, Kosuke Nishijima

Area: 20.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Brett Boardman

Design Team: Victor Llavata, Pham Huu Hoang, Tran Vo Kien

Plants Selection: Micheal Moran (SCAF)

Contractor: Wind and Water House JSC
Client: Sherman contemporary Art foundation (SCAF)

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With green architecture in mind , the idea of ?Green Ladder? is combination of bamboo ladders ? a popular equipment made by bamboo ? a traditional material in Vietnam. These bamboo units were assembled in Vietnam and transferred to Australia.

Installation Diagram

Bamboo is the ?green steel? of 21st-century. It is an extremely fast-growing species of giant grass, grows abundantly, quickly and cheaply in Vietnam, where canes cost as little as a dollar each.

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The structural elements are linked together to form a porous but robust grid-l...