The Future Potential of Bamboo Architecture

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Bamboo As A Building Material
• How Bamboo Sits Within The Spectrum Of Materials
• Creating Rules And Codes Of Practice For Bamboo
• The Properties Of Bamboo
• Incorporating Bamboo Into A Western Context
• Engineered Bamboo
• Zero Carbon Buildings
• How Bamboo Grows
• Harvesting Bamboo
• The Impact Of Bamboo On The Construction Industry
• Researching The Manufacturing Of Engineered Bamboo In Vancouver
• Bamboo In North America
• ISO Standards For Bamboo
• How Bamboo Is Superior To Wood and How It Is Inferior
• Bamboo’s Tensile And Compression Capacities
• Opportunities With Engineered Bamboo
• Bamboo And Japanese Joinery
• The Limits Of Round Pole Construction
• Geometric Stiffness And Its Role In Bamboo Architecture
• Bamboo Testing
• University Research Of Bamboo
• Bamboo Joinery
• The Future Potential Of Round Pole Construction
• Taking Bamboo To Mars

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