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Green Village, founded by jewelry designer John Hardy and designed by his daughter Elora, is a community of sustainable and ecological houses sitting along the Ayung River in Bali. Each of the homes are made entirely of bamboo, from Bali-based bamboo and construction company Ibuku, from the window frames to the staircase, tables, chairs, floors, and even the cabinets and the walls. Did you know that with very little attention or additional resources, a bamboo shoot can become a structural column within three years and that house could stand strong for a lifetime? Honestly, amazing.

(Green Village via designboom)

45 Comments

  2. alt    November 12, 2012

    This is so beautiful and wonderful .. i really liked the idea and the view when you wake up in the morning to nature <3 i loved that .. all i see from m window is another house being built and no sun :(

  8. Anamika    November 12, 2012

    BEautiful and Captivating! I sooo love the structural design! And the view, marvelous! It would be totally great to hang out and just relax! But ‘m concerned with the bugs and mosquitoes though… Is that a pool? or a pond I see?

    Thanks for sharing! :)

  14. Nancy    November 12, 2012

    Simply spectacular! A lovelier setting I can’t imagine.
    Everyone should look into using products for their homes that are “Earth friendly” such as Bamboo. Bamboo is a product that grows very rapidly. We put in bamboo flooring in every room in our home. Even though the packaging said not to put it in kitchens or bathrooms. We haven’t had any problems at all. It has been over 5 years now. Without any extra care taken whatsoever. It is extremely hard and wears exceptionally well. You can get it in different colors now. We went with the color you see pictured. And it’s very reasonable too. You can get it at Lumber Liquidators.

  15. Kyva    November 12, 2012

    Beautiful at best but –what happens when it rains? Seems extremely impractical for monsoon season.

  24. Me    November 14, 2012

    This is so beautiful and amazing !
    Omg, I really want to go there !!
    ^^

  26. regina    November 14, 2012

    Heaven on earth! Even I live in Indonesia, I haven’t go to that Green Village. Bali, come to mama next yeaaaar! \m/

  28. Nicole    November 26, 2012

    This place is so beautiful! I’d love to see it in person one day.
    Thanks for blogging about it :)

  30. booty    January 11, 2013

    …and all the spiders and snakes creeping in at night from the nearby jungle…paradise indeed

  31. wen    March 3, 2013

    how are these houses sustainable?

    just because they are built of bamboo?

    have a look at the fittings and furnishings … is there an ethics and energy accounting of these products? water consumption? electricity consumption?

    sorry, but this kind of luxury may be sustainable for some elite members of society, but this is not a truly sustainable solution … we usually call it “greenwash”

  32. Lisa    March 10, 2013

    I have visited Bali and I prefer the simple bamboo houses as they have doors and rooms. This looks over the top as there seems to be so much bamboo used for the size of the structure. Plus, there is no sense of privacy and security that one gets from being able to close the door. This seems more like a western idea as the Balinese don’t live in structures like this.

  33. kitwench    April 3, 2013

    This is amazingly pretty, but incredibly impractical.
    In any environment that allows for such open living areas, the heat and humidity make the biggest issue – bugs.

  36. Idiot Wind    April 17, 2013

    What a crock.
    Nothing more than a feel good, salve your conscience, exercise, from another snooty fat cat…..telling us peons how we should live…….. because we are all filthy rich, and can afford to idle away our free time in Bali.

  37. Linda    April 28, 2013

    Beautiful. But, did they photoshop out all the bugs, spiders, lizards and birds?

  39. Janine    May 7, 2013

    LOL Linda – that was my first thought. “Last a lifetime” – which is shortened considerably after you are bitten by a rabid bat in your bedroom, step on a few Rove beetles, stung by a few scorpions, not to mention being driven insane by mosquitoes…paradise indeed… Oh wait – their servants have done away with these pests by using what they THINK are “NATURAL” pesticides. Newsflash – they replaced them with ACTUAL POISONOUS PESTICIDES that work so their spoiled asses wouldn’t fire them or so they wouldn’t run around screaming like little girls.

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