Special Projects is an annual educational building project between Cave Urban and Woodford.
Each December, Cave Urban includes 60 participants in a month long building workshop hosted by Woodford. The workshops test ideas using art and architecture as a mechanism for exploring R&D research from the office.
The results of these workshops provide infrastructure for the Woodford Folk Festival which occurs at the conclusion of Special Projects.
Every year Cave Urban invites a different international visiting expert to teach new methods of bamboo building and design approaches.
2024: Chrysalis
2024: Children’s Festival
2024: The Renewal Domes
2024: Sandstage
2019: Dja-Mandji with Laura Jade
2019: Shade Parade 3 with EBF
2011 - present: Pineapple Lounge
2018: Shade Parade 2 with Jorg Stamm
2018: Portal
2017: Hammock Hut
2017: The Library of the Leaves
2016: Mekasan with Amir Rabik
2016: Near Kin Kin
2015: Quandong Dream with Wan Weng Chih
2014: Woven Cloud with Wang Wen Chih
2013: Woven Sky with Wang Wen Chih
2012: Julia Bridge with Georges Cuvillier
2012: The Tea House
2011: Iggy’s Mobile Bakery