Plugging the Branches + Capping the Bamboo

In order to prevent water and humidity from collecting inside the hollows of the bamboo, we needed to cover the bamboo end openings. To do this, we created galvanized metal caps out of altered candle holders for the vertical bamboo members, and used wood putty to plug the bamboo "branches."

Final Connection Details

Concrete Pour

Here are a couple of photos of our recent pour!  Each column footing has a unique patterning of leaf imprints- we created these by glueing real leaves to foam sheets and glueing these to the inside surface of the sonotubes (cardboard tube formwork).