Scaffoldings in Hong Kong

Overview

The speaker will introduce excerpts from interviews with bamboo scaffolding workers in Hong Kong to help students understand their culture and current issues. Through providing a scenario, students can use materials such as bamboo sticks and ropes to design and build a bamboo scaffolding model according to specific requirements. The constructed model needs to meet criteria for stability, aesthetics, and practicality.

to the speaker, through this open lesson, aims to help students recognise Hong Kong's unique bamboo scaffolding, learn about bamboo structure and building techniques, and deepen their understanding and thinking about sustainability.