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|Image:LM demolition.jpg|Demolition
|1|Removing the previous damaged shade structure
|Image:Harvested LM bamboo.jpg|Harvest Bamboo  
|Image:Harvested LM bamboo.jpg|Harvest Bamboo  
|1|When harvesting bamboo, select poles that appear darker green to gray in color, and around 3-5 years of age. Cut just above the culm closest to the ground with a machete, and gently set bamboo on the ground to divide into desirable sizes.  
|2|When harvesting bamboo, select poles that appear darker green to gray in color, and around 3-5 years of age. Cut just above the culm closest to the ground with a machete, and gently set bamboo on the ground to divide into desirable sizes.  
|Image:Bamboo concrete.jpeg |Bamboo, Concrete, & Rebar  
|Image:Bamboo concrete.jpeg |Bamboo, Concrete, & Rebar  
|2| After taking proper measurements for the location of your desired shade structure, cut bamboo to appropriate lengths. Make a concrete mixture to secure the poles into the ground surrounding the perimeter of the existing structure. Insert rebar into the center of the bottom culm and ensure that the concrete is inside the entire bottom culm.  
|3| After taking proper measurements for the location of your desired shade structure, cut bamboo to appropriate lengths. Make a concrete mixture to secure the poles into the ground surrounding the perimeter of the existing structure. Insert rebar into the center of the bottom culm and ensure that the concrete is inside the entire bottom culm.  
|Image:Bamboo Concrete and Rebar.jpeg | Secure bamboo with steel clamps
|Image:Bamboo Concrete and Rebar.jpeg | Secure bamboo with steel clamps
|3|When concrete is in the entire bottom culm, fasten steel clamps around the diameter of the bamboo and leave to dry (may take several days).
|4|When concrete is in the entire bottom culm, fasten steel clamps around the diameter of the bamboo and leave to dry (may take several days).
|Image:Bamboo holes.jpeg| Digging Holes  
|Image:Bamboo holes.jpeg| Digging Holes  
|4|Dig holes that are wide enough and deep enough so that the bamboo poles will sit securely in the ground.
|5|Dig holes that are wide enough and deep enough so that the bamboo poles will sit securely in the ground.
|Image:Bamboo secured.jpeg | Fill holes with concrete
|Image:Bamboo secured.jpeg | Fill holes with concrete
|5|Fill holes with concrete and leave to dry for several days without disturbing the posts. (You may need to add supports on the side of the beams to prevent tilting).  
|6|Fill holes with concrete and leave to dry for several days without disturbing the posts. (You may need to add supports on the side of the beams to prevent tilting).
|Image:LM shade posts up.jpg|All posts are up
|7|Once all the supporting posts are up and cemented into place, they are allowed to dry for several days before beginning construction.
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Revision as of 03:41, 24 June 2014

Current Las Malvinas Community Center Shade Structure

Abstract

This project is a collaboration between students enrolled in the Practivistas Dominicana Program and the rural community of Las Malvinas in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The community center in Las Malvinas currently functions as a space for the community to hold meetings and workshops; however, the lack of a durable shade and rain-proof structure along the outside of the building has prevented the community from being able to use the space when weather conditions are too hot or too rainy.

Background

The client at hand is the community of Las Malvinas in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. They have requested that a rain/shade structure be built by Practivistas Dominicana at their local community center (Estacion Ecological Comunitario) between May-July 2014. Three of the students working on the project are from Humboldt State University in California and one student from Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After a community meeting was held, it was determined that the structure should be able to protect from rain as well as sun so the community could hold meetings, classes and workshops in comfort. Community members voiced their opinions that aesthetics, durability, and locality of materials were some of their main concerns in regards to the construction of the structure. Bamboo and palm fronds are some of the possible local materials that could be utilized.

Building a Bamboo Shade Structure

These are the instructions for the assembly and construction of a bamboo shade structure designed by students enrolled in the Practivistas Dominicana Program in the Dominican Republic. The shade structure consists of bamboo, upcycled billboard tarps and flattened steel drums. Instructions are included below.

How To Build

Before building with bamboo, it is advised to research techniques and recommendations for appropriate season for harvesting as well as methods of harvesting and drying. (For our project we used bamboo that was still partially green which is not desirable but was necessary based on time and resource constraints).

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Build a Bamboo Shade Structure

Design

Costs

Budget

This is the proposed draft budget for the shade structure.

Quantity Material Source Cost (RD$) Total (RD$)
3 Recycled Billboards Billboards 'R Us 333.00 1,000.00
15 Recycled 55gal Drums Arroyo Norte 300.00 4,500.00
1 Tools Nacional 2,183.00 2,183.00
1 TBD Santo Domingo 8000.00 8000.00
Total Cost $15,683.00

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