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Crossing Hemispheres: Thatched Roofs from America to Asia

Thatching is a traditional building technique that has been reinterpreted in different ways in contemporary projects, allowing its value to continue to endure over time. As well as being a culturally and historically valuable technique, given its presence in humanity for centuries, it also has a number of other constructive advantages, such as its great environmental value, as it is an accessible renewable material.

The technique consists of grouping, intertwining, and overlapping dry vegetation, creating light surfaces with excellent thermal and sound insulation and which are cheap and relatively simple to build. In addition, flexibility is one of the technique's most prominent features, and it is particularly popular in roofing applications. 

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Bamboo Restaurant / Jorge Kelleher

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Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  • Architects: Jorge Kelleher
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  245 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Fester

El Mirador Tulum / Jorge Kelleher + Studio Arquitectos

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  375 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Caliza boles, Cemex, Chukum, Guadua Angustifolia, Jabin, Sacbay