Simon Velez

Marcelo Villegas is the author of Villegas' book, "Tropical Bamboo," Simon Velez conducts workshops on the structural use of natural materials for construction in Colombia and abroad. Ximena Londono, a specialist in taxonomic botany of the American bamboo, has worked for the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Jean Dethier is a practicing architect and an advisor to the Department of Architecture at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. The Japanese architect...See more

Marcelo Villegas is the author of Villegas' book, "Tropical Bamboo," Simon Velez conducts workshops on the structural use of natural materials for construction in Colombia and abroad. Ximena Londono, a specialist in taxonomic botany of the American bamboo, has worked for the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Jean Dethier is a practicing architect and an advisor to the Department of Architecture at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban designed the all-bamboo Japanese Pavillion at Expo-Hanover 2000. Frey Otto, the author of books on the structural values of bamboo, lives in Germany. See less