Come and experience Hands-On Bamboo Bamboo Building and Construction… From basic to advanced carpentry and joinery, design principles and model-making, techniques and practical tips for furniture-making, traditional and modern structure bamboo building, interiors and art – alongside local families and culture… Our internship program offers a unique opportunity to explore renewable and affordable building methods while learning about the versatility of bamboo.

During the internship, you will have hands-on experience with bamboo building and construction, from basic to advanced carpentry and joinery. You will also learn about design principles, model-making, furniture-making techniques, and traditional and modern bamboo building methods. Immersing yourself in the local culture and working alongside local families, you will see and experience the more authentic Bali.

Our internship program offers 1 to 3 month programs based on a 3-week on 1-week off schedule with the opportunity to add a VIP program for more specialized training or design development. We offer intermediate and advanced skills training in our 6 and 9-week programs. Our programs usually take place in Belega, a village located 30-40 minutes southeast of Ubud. Please register your interest or schedule a chat with us to discuss your specific needs and goals. We look forward to helping you become an unbeatable bamboo builder!

Upcoming Programs

December 01 – 13 (10 days) Belega, Bali

2026:

April 13 – May 02: (3 weeks) Belega, Bali

May 11 – July 25: (3 months) Belega, Bali

• 1st block: May 11 – 30
• 2nd block: June 08 – 13; (Galungan Ceremony); June 22 – July 04
• 3rd block: July 06 – July 25

August 10 – September 27: (7 weeks) KENYA

October 12 – 31 (3 weeks) Belega, Bali

October 12 – 27 (12 days; Mon-Fri), Belega, Bali

November 9 – 14 (6 days) Belega, Bali

November 16 – 28 (12 days) Belega, Bali

A hands-on experience developing confidence around the basic concepts and techniques of working practically with bamboo. Through this program you will gain experience with bamboo joinery and carpentry and experience the design process for a group project or individual creative project with the guidance of expert bamboo carpenters and master-craftsmen from Belega – Bali’s world-famous village of bamboo builders.

Join us in Bali to become an unbeatable bamboo builder!

Our Internship Programs run from April until August… The basic program is a 3 week training – you can attend for 1-3 months. You can add a VIP program to develop a design or learn/practice specific skills. Intermediate and Advanced skills are taught through the basic carpentry programs. We run on a 3 weeks on, one week off basis.

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3 Week Program Structure:

Week 1

Day 1: Tool Knowledge; Bamboo Prep; Vertical Soak Diffusion Hyperboloid

Day 2: VSD Continued; Basic Bamboo Joinery and Carpentry

Day 3: Design Inspo Talk and Local Building & Factory tour; Make sticks for modeling

Model-making for the build

Day 4: Calculate materials & costing; Load Testing & Make Lidi Beam;

Day 5: Foundations detail and placement; Cleaning bamboo

Day 6: Design Tour (Saturday) Day 7 OFF (Sunday)

Week 2

Day 8: Make Mal Template from Model; Start Basic Frame construction

Day 9: Continue Framing, Lift frames onto the foundation; Square the building;

Day 10: Install Side beams and Central beam (langit langit) & Sub-floor

Day 11: Continue Sub-floor; Make/Install Floor; Start Making Arches

Day12: Continue arches & flooring; Make Stairs

Week 3

Day 13: Make laminated beam for triangulation (half day) Day 14 OFF (Sunday)

Day 15: Install Arches, Install Lidi; Make laminated beam/install

Day 16: Install rafters (usuk) and make kolong (end-tie); Make woven wall/door panel

Day 17-19: Install Roofing / Make the Door and frame for swivel

Day 20: Finishing; PresentationBamboo Tools, Varieties and Treatment

Week 4

Rest /catch-up week or extension week for VIP students. Due to Balinese Ceremonial calendar, we sometimes have to catch up a day/days here and there during the rest week.

Second Month of 3 month program

Follows the same format layering Intermediate Carpentry Skills within the first and second week, and incorporating practical experience of previous month into modelling design project. Continuation of group build/prototype project in third week – may vary depending on the group and project needs.

Third Month of 3 month program:

Same format with more advanced carpentry skills according to group needs, work on design project and continuation of group build prototype.

Internship Program Block Schedule 2024

• 3 week Internship (13 May – 01 June 2024)

  • WEEK 1 – Introduction to tools, joinery techniques with bamboo: Fish mouth join, T-join, curving techniques (rabrab, lidi, lamination); making bamboo nails, using string and bamboo nail to secure joins, creative bamboo & weaving; Bamboo Model-Making for Bamboo Building, Design Requirements/ Specs, Visualizing Construction process, Project Costing
  • WEEK 2 – Frame/truss design, temporary and permanent supports, ukuran/spacing-measurement, penjapit (pinching beams), use of metal bolts/ bamboo nails , Pillar and supports, Spacing, Foundations, Harvesting, Treatment, Temporary Structure Joinery, Site Preparation Workflow & Layout, Tool Safety, Machinery options, Site visits and Inspo excursion. Making Mal & Arches, Roofing techniques.
  • WEEK 3 – Class Build Project: Install Pillars and support, Central Beam and scaffold, Roof and Stair Supports, Making Lamination ring – Split/Whole, Splitting Bamboo, Install Flooring Beams, Make Bamboo Flooring, Bending Bamboo.
• – Break/Rest Week or 1 week VIP Program & Group Build: (June 3 – June 8)

• 3 Week Internship (10 June – 29 June 2024)

  • WEEK 4– Introduction to tools, joinery techniques with bamboo: Fish mouth join, T-join, curving techniques (rabrab, lidi, lamination); making bamboo nails, using string and bamboo nail to secure joins, creative bamboo & weaving,Bamboo Model-Making for Bamboo Building, Design Requirements/ Specs, Visualizing Construction process, Project Costing,
  • WEEK 5 – Frame/truss design, temporary and permanent supports, ukuran/spacing-measurement, penjapit (pinching beams), Making Mal & Arches, Roofing techniques. Use of metal bolts/ bamboo nails; Foundations, Harvesting, Treatment, Temporary Structure Joinery, Site Preparation Workflow & Layout, Tool Safety, Machinery options, Site visits and Inspo excursion.
  • WEEK 6 – Class Build Project: Making Stairs, Central Beam and scaffold, Roof Supports, Making Lidi, Roofing Usuk (Rafters) – Split/Whole Beam, Splitting Bamboo, Install Flooring Beams, Make Bamboo Flooring, Bending Bamboo.
• Break/Rest Week / VIP Programs: (July 1 – July 6)

• 3 Week Beginner/Intermediate Internship (July 10 – July 29 2024)

  Alongside Intermediate/Advanced Bamboo programs – designed/adapted to individual needs for learning more in-depth skills and developing techniques for individual/custom designs, interiors, furniture design and/or product design

  • WEEK 7 – Introduction to tools, joinery techniques with bamboo: Fish mouth join, T-join, curving techniques (rabrab, lidi, lamination); making bamboo nails, using string and bamboo nail to secure joins; Design Modelling and Individual project.
  • WEEK 8 – Frame/truss design, temporary and permanent supports, ukuran/spacing-measurement, penjapit (pinching beams), use of metal bolts/ bamboo nails, creative bamboo & weaving.
  • WEEK 9 – Gili Island prototype Project, Splitting Bamboo, Install Flooring Beams, Make Bamboo Flooring, Lamination and Woven panels, Interior Design and Elements, Water storage, Structure & Foundations for a Cob & Bamboo Building
• Rest 2 Weeks: (July 31 – August 10)

• 3 week Internship (August 12 – 31, 2024)

  • Week 10: – Basic Carpentry & Joinery; Model-making & Design
  • Week 11: – Live-Build (Onsite in Belega Village)
  • Week 12: – Continued: Onsite Live Build (Belega Village)
• Rest Week: (September 2 – 7)

• 3 week Internship (September 9 – 28, 2024)

  • Week 13: – Basic Carpentry Introduction (3 days); Design and Model-making (3 days)
  • Week 14: – Live-Build: Wajik – roofing support using split bamboos, Curved bench seat in-fill and hammock-style netting; Lidi roof beam; rab/gregas curved roof beam; lamination curved roof beam, Natural floor (lime plaster)
  • Week 15: – Advanced Technique Topics, Prototype Build of VIP student design
• Break/Rest Weeks (September 30 – October 5)

• Prototype Build –Bamboo Construction

  • Week 1 – Bamboo Carpentry and Framing, design talk,
  • Week 2 – Bamboo Treatment; Making Foundations; Splitting & Weaving Bamboo
  • Week 3 – Group Build Design

  • WEEK 1 – Introduction To Basic Carpentry; Design Modelling for the Build.
  • WEEK 2 – Class Build – Install Pillars and support, Central Beams and scaffold, Roof Supports, Making Lidi, Roofing Usuk (Rafters) – Split/Whole, Bending Bamboo, Making Mal & Arches,
  • WEEK 3 – Roofing Installation: Making Roofing from Grass and Recycled materials, Reinforcing the structure; Finishing and Artesian decorative techniques.

Program Descriptions and Pricing

Our Internship programs run 6 days a week (Monday to Saturday) 8.30am to 4.30pm (with a 90 min lunch break) at Belega (30 min south-east from Ubud). Accommodation – we have a few local options available.

BASIC Three-week Internship Program: $1030 / Rp.15,850,000 – Includes basic training and mentorship in bamboo design & construction, on-site build and construction experience program. Includes basic training and mentorship in bamboo design & construction, on-site build and construction experience program.

VIP Program

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The Internships Level of Bamboo Creative Bali contributes to local Regenerative projects and enables local communities access to explore renewable and affordable building methods while reinventing and revitalising the “common image” of bamboo among local people. Our aim is to create examples of bamboo designs that are affordable and attractive for people in “developing”/post-colonised countries who make up over 70% of the world’s population whose impact and choices in lifestyle/s in the next 20-30 years is going to have the greatest impact potentially on climate change and/or its mitigation… .

Further, to create systemic change we are developing local programs which enable access to affordable technologies to make life “in the village” more comfortable and sustainable. Through knowledge-sharing and inputs of funding for practical projects/ demonstrations of Regenerative methods for building, we are cultivating ethical production models alongside waste-management systems and incentives for lifestyle changes to reduce landfill and also attract finance for infrastructure projects.

Presently an average person in a developing country uses 20% of the fossil fuels of people living in “developed countries” – but as people migrate to cities and become more ‘modernised’, cultural and traditional skills are lost, and energy and waste footprints increase dramatically. This trend towards non-sustainable urbanisation can be curbed if people are able to make sustainable incomes and develop regenerative practices at the village level – meaning they don’t need to leave/migrate away in the first place. Our aim is to create a network of bamboo home-stays that blend traditional building techniques with modern comforts. By joining our Internship programs, you are contributing to eco-friendly design and construction that will support long-term development – and you get special rewards to stay in the communities we build with.

Linking with our Outreach projects creates the foundations to seed/enable the development of local programs where you may come and contribute collectively through our upcoming special workshops and collaborations..

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