25-29 October 2023 | Punta Brava, Izabal, Guatemala
We seek to explore global creativity to realize a contemporary pavilion, one with global appeal, and not one of any particular culture or geography
Welcome to
Punta Brava
Let's come together and demonstrate that bamboo can change the world.
This Workshop will help catapult the people of Punta Brava, and many other coastal villages, to build climate-resilient villages and societies with the help of bamboo!
Punta Brava is a beautiful coastal village is located on the shores of Lake Izabal, at the mouth of Río Dulce, where it meets the Caribbean Sea.
The nature that surrounds the village is lush, with its mangroves, coconut trees, and a great variety of animal species.
SUSTAINABLE FUTURES, LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND
What really makes Punta Brava special is its people.
The inhabitants of the village are friendly and welcoming, and the community itself is very close-knit. The social cohesion and organization have allowed them to carry out social development projects, including more strongly recently, with bamboo.
Punta Brava is a remote, beautiful and friendly natural paradise. It also suffers from economic isolation and a grave vulnerability to climate change, already wreaking havoc with increasingly frequent and destructive storm surges and floods. They need to adapt to a warmer and more turbulent climate to survive.With bamboo, Punta Brava will not only survive, but prosper beyond climate change.
They are already taking strides to move their community economy, infrastructure, and education toward sustainability and in particular towards bamboo.
