Shoots: Exploring bamboo as a building / design / construction / engineering material

Type Guidelines
Language English
Pages: 159
Publisher(s) Article 25
Sector(s)
Location(s) World
Author(s) Gibbs, Michael, Diaz-Matthias, Gema, Happold, Buro, Hoang, Kien
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This presentation highlights the properties of bamboo as a potential building / design / construction / engineering material. It explores the physical anatomy of bamboo, its structural and mechanical properties, the history of its use on as a building material and its contemporary uses. Finally the presentation explains the practical use of the material including joints and foundations.