The crucial points where the project may fail or delay are summed up:
- Bad contact with local people
- No student enthusiasm from the university
- No bamboo prepared
- The model house is in bad condition and not safe to enter
- No planning: ‘mañana, mañana, mañana’.
Therefore we have drafted plan B and C, which are back-up plans for if we cannot carry out our plan A.
Plan B focuses on the roof design of the social house. Currently it is made out of corrugated sheets of tin but Bambú Social aims for a roof made out of local and sustainable products. There are already several plans for a sustainable roof made out of ferro-cement applied over bamboo rods. In plan B we will test this plan to find out if it is a good solution for the current roofing problem.
In plan C we will join Henky Borgstein in his research and investigate the possibility of a dome construction. This dome will function as the main supporting construction on to which the floor and walls are attached in such a way that they hang.