A Zurich office team built bamboo frames for their giving-back day
A global advertising group's Zurich office chose bamboo frame-building for a half-day corporate giving-back event — hands-on making as team building.
In September 2022, the Zurich office of a global advertising group booked us for a half-day team event as part of its giving-back programme — around forty colleagues, one afternoon, and a workshop full of bamboo.
Frames, not shortcuts
The brief evolved as we planned it. Could teams split up and finish complete bikes — wheels, seats, the lot? Our honest answer: no. A finished bike in an afternoon means we do the work and the team watches. Building the frame — measuring, mitring, joining — is where the making, the teamwork and the satisfaction live. The client agreed, and frames it was.
Why companies choose this
A bamboo frame build works as corporate team building because it is real: real materials, real tools, a real object at the end. It suits mixed groups — no engineering background needed — and it connects a team day to sustainability in a way a PowerPoint never will.
We have run builds for teams from hospitality to whisky to advertising — from six Hilton London Bankside staff building bikes their guests later rode, to The Macallan's ten-bike build, to a senior-team afternoon at Four Seasons Hampshire.
Client names are shared where we have their permission; this story is told with details from our booking records.
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