Bamboo Prefab

Focusing on Bamboo Technical Detailing for Industrial, Modular standards.

• Dimensional standards.
• Meeting industrial/planar materials.
• Rigs for large scale production.
• Computerizing (CNC, 3Dprint, Rhino/Grasshopper/Karamba)

The natural features of bamboo given by nature make each individual culm unique: often curved, more or less tapered, sometimes with oval or irregular section, varying inter-node lengths… The strength properties of tension and compression can vary considerably according to the different 1000++ bamboo species.

Matching bamboo with planar and rectilinear materials is therefore a huge challenge. Industrialization and modular design necessary for prefabrication become virtually impossible without intermediate steps to circumvent these conflicts...

IN FOCUS NOW: The daunting perspective of housing another two-three billion people until 2050 (?) on the planet is now further exacerbated by fast climate change...