ABSTRACT
COCOON I is an architectural case study, with the purpose of investigating the possibilities of merging contemporary digital design technology with local low-tech building handcraft on a sustainable level. The investigation is mainly empirical and performed on a cross-cultural basis to benefit from a mutual learning process.
COCOON I is a climate responsive building in South India for agricultural teaching. It is constructed out of local materials; bamboo, palm bark, burnt bricks and granite. The unique design approach of the building shows that the use of digital design tools enables the investigation of new qualities in the understanding of local materials. In this case the focus is on development of arbitrary double curved shapes of a bamboo construction and the formation of local burned bricks. The building was designed in a collaboration between Danish and South Korean teachers and students and constructed with CARE School of Architecture and local workers in South India.
