The Goducate Training Center in Iloilo, Philippines has over 4000 trees of mahogany and many clumps of bamboo.
When we did not have sufficient funds to construct dormitories, our planning team decided to use available materials on the site to build huts above the ground in the mahogany forest.
Bamboo clumps that were being cleared for site development provided most of the building materials for the huts and the inter-connecting suspension bridges.
The mahogany forest provided the “bases” for the huts which were built between 5 to 10 meters above the ground. With plenty of imagination and little costs, “sky city” was constructed in a few weeks.
The huts will provide shelter for our trainees in a rough but pleasant environment. Mosquitos will be kept away using organic materials (eg. lemon grass).
This bamboo sky-city will train Goducate trainees to live in simplicity using sustainable materials.