Sankalpa, teaches at CEPT University and his design studios are known for construction methods and modelling techniques. He is one of the founding members of 'Thumbimpressions Collaborative' a collective that is involved in community-based construction initiatives and has rich experience in designing and building bamboo structures.
The podcast introduces the listeners to the fundamentals of bamboo construction, highlights the multi-functional nature of bamboo and the ways to use it in constructing simple as well as complex forms. He also talks about how innovative practices can be coupled with traditional methods, and, in the end, sums up with a brief comparison of bamboo to timber and steel construction.
