Bamboo
Hundreds of millions of people live in houses made from bamboo. It provides pillars, walls, window frames, rafters, room separators, floors, ceilings and roofs. If proper joining and geometry are used, a bamboo structure is stronger that one made of steel and cement. Bamboo's flexibility makes it resistant to damage from earthquakes and high winds. A single bamboo clump can reach structural size (up to 30 cm in diameter) in only four years and can produce up to 15 kilometers of usable pole in its lifetime.
Bamboo Construction at CCAT
By John Halley (Fall 2001)
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