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• The effects on the local community were tangible – workers bought new tuk tuks (local motorized
vehicles), their homes were improved, an additional storey was added to the village mosque, and
many new skills were gained.

• The construction company received a UNIDO grant to set up a bamboo treatment facility in the
village, so that it could offer locals long-term employment and develop bamboo construction
technology in the country.

• Sri Lankan tourism has an iconic property to boost tourism arrivals and improve the brand image
of the country.
• The wildlife returned to the site in volume after the project completion thanks to the waterholes
dotted around the project and a strategy of planting nesting trees and creating a wildlife habitat.

List of discussion partners/interviews

• Architecture: Olav Architecture: Olav Bruin, Creative Director, Nomadic Resorts
(www .nomadicresorts .com)
• Landscape Design: Louis Thompson, CEO Nomadic Resorts (www .nomadicresorts .com)

• Interiors: Bo Reudler (www .boreudler .com)
• Client: Dominique Nordmann, CEO Resplendent Ceylon (www .resplendenceylon .com)

• Contractor: Louis Thompson, Managing Director, Lighthouse Sustainability
• Solutions Bamboo consultant: Vinc math (www .vincmath .com)

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