2017-06-01

STATE OF THE ART

As seen previously, human kind soon recognized the potential of bamboo as a building material.
Thus, the techniques employed to work it are accessible to many but doesn't allow us to take full advantage of its remarquable mechanical properties.

As Says Dave Parker in his article
BAMBOO | A REALISTIC ALTERNATIVE ?
18th January 2017,
"bamboo is in much the same position as timber construction was until the 1940s".

While knowing the level of technicity that we reached today in the timber construction and with the need for sustainability, we can be sure that targetting the use of bamboo in our researches will contribute in restoring the place of the natural materials construction field as one of the best solutions, combining the qualities of nature with the precision of up to date technologies.

He also refers to a fact of importance that is the negative perception that poeple have of bamboo. Therefore we have to work around this issue "through proper design".