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