In 2014 we co-elaborated a geodesic dome relying upon local materials in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia. This dome serves as a Maloka that hosts community activities in this rural laboratory.
Minka Lab is a rural laboratory that works to empower local indigenous groups, farmers and Afro-Colombian minorities to resist marginalization through community building and sustainable agro-ecological practices. In 2014, Iliad was contacted by Minka Lab to build a Maloka in their site in Santa Rosa de Cabal. A Maloka is a traditional structure of many Indigenous communities that inhabit the Andean Region of South America, which serves as the physical space to realize special ceremonies.
The structure created is a geodesic dome made of Guadua, a locally available material similar to Bamboo, and the structure was assembled and constructed with local artisans and friends of the organization.