Subak Ketapang Farmers Community Center

Bali, Indonesia

In Bali, Hong Kong University, Bamboo U, Bamboo Pure, Astungkara Way, local stakeholders, and Journeyman International collaborated on a bamboo community learning pavilion for farmers.

Subak Ketapang Farmers Community Center architectural visualization with watercolor and blueprint details

The story

A bamboo pavilion gives farmers a place to exchange knowledge.

Subak Ketapang Farmers Community Center in Bali, Indonesia, project image 2

In Bali, Hong Kong University, Bamboo U, Bamboo Pure, Astungkara Way, local stakeholders, and Journeyman International collaborated on a bamboo community learning pavilion for farmers. The structure is intended for meetings, coordination, training, and workshops (especially around bamboo management and the restoration economy) so the building itself demonstrates the material being discussed inside it. Planning paired the main pavilion with toilets, storage, a multipurpose room, electricity, and a fresh-water connection.

Site analysis also identified a steep landslide-prone edge and recommended shifting construction roughly thirty meters north to reduce risk, showing how environmental judgment shaped the plan before form. The implementation framework anticipated construction beginning in 2025, including an August collaborative build. The bamboo structure gives farmers shared space while demonstrating a material used in the surrounding agricultural landscape.

Subak Ketapang Farmers Community Center in Bali, Indonesia, project image 3