BAMBOOLAMP: a slatted lamp developed through parametric design

The project

BAMBOOLAMP takes bamboo plantations as its reference for an ambient light fitting. Its slatted shade creates a play of light and shadow and belongs to a collection designed by Tomás Maicas Beltrán, an architect and regular collaborator with the studio.

The lamp consists of slats interlocked around two toothed discs. Arranged around the light source, they form an open shade with an undulating profile. The gaps allow light to pass between the pieces, making their arrangement central to the character of the object.

Its distinctive geometry lies in the variation between its sections. As the project description explains, rather than repeating a single section by revolution, each section that makes up the lamp is different.

Archicercle’s documented contribution was to develop a parametric definition linking the design elements. Changing a parameter transforms the whole arrangement, allowing a different lamp to be generated. The development is therefore not restricted to a single configuration, but enables variations connected by a shared geometric logic.

Two toothed discs organise the slats that form the shade.

Variation between sections is integral to the design, rather than a repetition of identical pieces.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.