Studio Mumbai to use bamboo and cow dung to build third edition of Melbourne's MPavilion

Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has revealed his design for this year's MPavilion, billed to become the largest bamboo structure ever built in Australia.
The Indian architect plans to use bamboo, earth, stone, rope and manure for the 2016 edition of the MPavilion, an annual commission touted as Australia's answer to London's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
His 12-metre-high structure will feature a bamboo framework, an awning-style roof canopy and a rooftop "tazia" - a type of decorative tower that features in traditional Indian ceremonies.
Like many of Studio Mumbai's projects, the design is intended to embrace different types of handmade construction.
Its faceted roof will be created from karvi panels, which are made by mixing cow dung and earth. These will be tied to the bamboo structure, before being coated in a waterproof layer of white lime daub.
"I wanted to create a space that connects the entire culture of the land," said Jain. "The tower or 'tazia' is an imaginary building that reaches deep into the stars, so it is otherworldly, and through it you can see the stars, the sky, other dimensions."
Jain will be the third architect to build an MPavilion since the programme launched in 2014, following the tree-canopy-inspired installation by British architect Amanda Levete and the folding structure by Australian architect Sean Godsell.
The architect has spent six months working with a team of Indian craftsmen to construct a series of small and full-size prototypes in Mumbai.
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