Labuan Bajo Pavilion

Cave Urban in collaboration with Indobamboo designed a pavilion as a kit of parts that could be manufactured at the Indobamboo Lestari Factory and shipped to site for assembly.

The project site sits in the hills above Labuan Bajo, the entry point to Flores. Built from locally harvested bamboo, the pavilion serves as a demonstration of how rural farmers in Flores can grow bamboo that can be transformed into a standardised construction product for contemporary design.

Designed as a kit of parts the columns, beams and wall panels were prefabricated at the Indobamboo factory and then shipped to Labuan Bajo for assembly onsite.

Thank you to the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority for this opportunity and to Mus and his team of local builders for constructing the pavilion.

Built in 3 weeks, the pavilion was constructed from 6m3 of laminate bamboo, resulting in 9.9 tonnes of CO2 sequestered in the product. The structure also has a 16kw solar panel array on the roof, making the building carbon-negative for both construction and operation The building showcases how new construction in Labuan Bajo can be made from locally sourced bio-based building materials that restore rather than degrade the local environment.

Manufacturing the ‘kit of parts’ at the Indobamboo Lestari Factory