Simon Velez - an architectural monograph

Architect Simón Vélez (b.1949 in Manizales, Colombia) has pioneered the use of structural bamboo since he first started out on his own at the age of 23. An extraordinary draughtsman with an intuitive sense of structural engineering, he has built over 250 structures using structural bamboo. Vélez has designed structural bamboo buildings in Germany, France, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, China, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and India. He has been invited by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany and the Georges Pompidou Centre in France to conduct master classes.