Caroline+James

In a swath1） of jungle near Ubud， Bali， the Green School has just finished the eighth year of operation. The gong2） announces the beginning of class， where students learn in bamboo pavilions3） without walls. A hen and two chicks run across the earth floor. The staff has just cleared the remaining banana-leaf plates used to serve the organic lunch. In a ground-up approach， all of the campus structures are made from bamboo， connecting the design to the pedagogical4） core of the school.

American Cynthia and her husband， Canadian designer John Hardy， have lived on Bali for over 30 years. In 2007， after selling their famous jewelry company， they formed a school as an alternative to the walled-in international schools around Bali. Based upon the 19th century education model of Austrian architect Rudolf Steiner， which emphasizes experiential learning， the Green School aims to educate future leaders in sustainability.

In making the school， John Hardy did not turn to the international architecture competition circuit. Instead he hired a team of designers and artists， as well as architects who specialize in bamboo.

Early experiments in furniture taught the design team how bamboo performs. For example， bamboo can be divided with a lateral5） or cross-sectional6） cut， producing different structural traits. In 2007， they built the first campus structure， the Kul-Kul Bridge that spans 22 meters across the Ayung River. The simplicity of construction enables even the layman7） to understand how the pieces join together. Thus， a stroll around campus is an interactive lesson in building.

Visiting the Green School is to enter an entire aesthetic8） universe， where the architecture is as important as the most minuscule9） of details. Bamboo signs lead the way around to each class area that consists of a bamboo pavilion with Alang Alang grass roof， bamboo desks and chairs and compost10） toilets. Students learn music upon bamboo harps11） and play sports within bamboo fences.

Admissions director Ben Macrory describes the school as a "living laboratory" where the students learn about river ecology， grow rice and even build their own bamboo structures. While learning without walls would seem to cause disciplinary problems， Cynthia classifies the school as "ADD12） friendly". Dyslexic13） children who arrive at Green School are， within a week， focused and comfortable within "the chaos of nature".

With the mission to create "global citizens"， the Green School makes an architecture that symbolises the philosophy and pedagogy. The most elaborate structure is the impressive "Heart of the School"， with three interweaving cones14） that resemble double helixes15）. Three spiral staircases link the floors that house the administration， computer lab， arts spaces and the library. Built from Petung， the most massive bamboo variety， the complex16） is 60 meters long and soars 19 meters into the sky.

Within the restrictions of bamboo， variations of form flourish. In his Essay on Architecture， French architectural theorist Marc-Antoine Laugier declares， "By imitating nature， art was born." Along a similar vein， the design of the Green School inspires a culture of localised creativity， as opposed to high-tech fabrication17）. As a craftsman builds upon a few basic techniques and then grows them into infinite variations， the construction of the Green School is similar to the hand weaving of a textile， uniform in the material， yet elaborate in composition.

在巴厘岛乌布市附近丛林中的一片土地上，绿学园刚刚走过了创办以来的第八个年头。随着锣声响起，上课的时间到了，学生们在没有围墙的竹亭中学习。一只母鸡和两只小鸡从地面上跑过。学校工作人员刚刚清走了没用完的香蕉叶——它们被用作盘子，来盛放有机午餐。校园里的所有建筑完完全全都是用竹子建成的，将校园设计与学校的教学要旨联系到了一起。

来自美国的辛西娅和她那来自加拿大的设计师丈夫约翰·哈迪已经在巴厘岛生活了30多年。2007年，他们把自家赫赫有名的珠宝公司卖掉，建了这所学校，用来替代巴厘岛附近的那些高墙闭锁的国际学校。绿学园的教学模式以19世纪奥地利建筑师鲁道夫·斯坦纳所强调的体验式学习为基础，旨在培养未来的领导者们了解有关可持续性生活的知识。

建这个学校的时候，约翰·哈迪并未求助于国际建筑竞赛活动，而是聘用了由设计师、艺术家，还有专攻竹建筑的建筑师组成的一队人马。

设计团队先行进行了竹家具的制作试验，这让他们知道了竹子都有哪些特性。比如，竹子可以被侧切，也可以被横切，两种方式会使其具有不同的结构特性。2007年，他们建成了校园里的第一个建筑——库库桥。这座桥横跨爱咏河，长达22米。其建筑结构简单明了，即使是外行，也能明白桥上的这些竹片是怎么连接在一起的。正因为如此，在校园里漫步就如同在上一堂交互式的建筑课。

来绿学园里参观就像是走进了一个唯美的世界，这里最微小的细节也与建筑本身同等重要。……