It is sometimes astonishing how fragile can be the means of estab

It is sometimes astonishing how fragile can be the means of estab- lishing enclosure or space. A wire stretched from wall to wall like a pencil stroke, a square of canvas stretched out overhead. In Chandi- garh I saw a bustee, or collection of mud and thatch dwellings, arranged in the shade of three large trees alone in the plain. The space thus enclosed by the three trees became the civic space of the tiny community. In these pictures of the French Riviera and a restaurant at the Festival of Britain we see how bamboo is used to establish enclosure and space and how it achieves that evocative charm of containing whilst revealing what is beyond.It is sometimes astonishing how fragile can be the means of estab- lishing enclosure or space. A wire stretched from wall to wall like a pencil stroke, a square of canvas stretched out overhead. In Chandi- garh I saw a bustee, or collection of mud and thatch dwellings, arranged in the shade of three large trees alone in the plain. The space thus enclosed by the three trees became the civic space of the tiny community. In these pictures of the French Riviera and a restaurant at the Festival of Britain we see how bamboo is used to establish enclosure and space and how it achieves that evocative charm of containing whilst revealing what is beyond.