An Indian-origin architect launched the designs of  Australia's largest bamboo structure, that will be used for festival processions in the country.

The renowned NRI Bijoy Jain designed the 12-metre-high tower in the Queen Victoria Gardens of the Melbourne city, Australia. The creation will reflect a connection between "earth, sky and the shared gravity".

Naomi Milgrom Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that supports various public design and architecture projects said in a statement that, "MPavilion 2016 would be similar to tazia (a ceremonial tower structure used in festival processions in Bharuch)."

Jain said while displaying the design, that, "MPavilion 2016 structure would use basic elements like bamboo, earth, stone and rope. The pavilion is in itself a gesture reflecting this internationally recognised architects' interest in the connection between earth, sky and the shared gravity that connects all humans."

"The idea is not to guide observers but to allow discoveries through visual layers of thinking, making and seeing," he said.

Jain and his craftsmen were working in Mumbai over the past six months. They have tested and designed MPavilion 2016 through a series of models and full-scale prototypes.

"I wanted to create a space that connects the entire culture of the land," he said.

Naomi Milgrom AO, the founder of MPavilion, said that, "Bijoy's practice is unique in that. It focuses on honouring age-old crafts and building-techniques which resonate strongly in this technologised world.”

"Mpavilion has become one of Australia's most significant architectural and design projects, playing a leading role in celebrating and promoting good design and sparking a public conversation about its value," Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley said.

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