Engineering Bamboo - Green Alternative under Basic Research

Hebel, Dirk E., Felix Heisel, Alireza Javadian, Mateusz Wielopolski, Simon Lee, Philipp Müller, Karsten Schlesier (2016). Engineering bamboo – a green alternative under basic research Part 3, in: a+u 550, Feature: Vo Trong Nghia Architects, 2016:07, Japan Architecture and Urbanism, Tokyo, Japan

Essay Series: Engineering bamboo – a green alternative under basic research Part 3 features the Advanced Fibre Composite Laboratory in Singapore and the investigation into new methods and procedures to produce a high-strength building material out of natural bamboo fibres.

If successful, the research could provide a starting point for the introduction of new and adapted technologies that take a widespread natural resource as their basic premise and give reason for people who live in the tropical belt to foster one of the most common plants in the sub-tropical climate zone.

Essay Series: Engineering Bamboo – a Green Alternative under Basic Research Part 3 is published as a series by the Professorship of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel with A+U.

The two other essays in the series include:

Engineering Bamboo – A Green Economic Alternative Part 1
Engineering Bamboo – a Green Technical Alternative Part 2