Plunge into the deep Balinese jungle and you might suddenly find a bamboo building soaring above you. Made from a frankly unlikely building material, the ethereal structures are the brainchildren of designer Elora Hardy and her team. Take a look.
深入巴厘岛茂密的丛林，你可能会突然发现一座竹制建筑高耸于眼前。这些用看似不可思议的建筑材料打造而成的空灵结构，出自设计师艾洛拉·哈迪（Elora Hardy）及其Ibuku团队之手（TED演讲：用竹子建造的神奇房屋）。这些独一无二的房屋造型曲折蜿蜒，充满魔幻色彩，令人叹为观止。一起来欣赏吧。
Sharma Springs是位于巴厘岛斯邦格德（Sibang Gede）的一座私人住宅，拥有四间卧室，共延伸六层楼。这是巴厘岛最高的竹制建筑之一，其设计灵感源自莲花的花瓣造型。照片由里奥·赫尔米（Rio Helmi）提供。
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