Bamboo--the Tradition of the Future
Why do we not see more Bamboo Architecture and Bamboo Design?
Bamboo-the Tradition of the Future is a survey of the uses of bamboo in contemporary architecture . The film shows the opportunities for using bamboo in modern design and also illustrates the challenges the material faces. The film invites us to meet some of the most interesting ‘bamboo whisperers’ of today: architects and designers who have developed unique and thought-provoking solutions using bamboo as a material for the future.
With a growth rate of up to a meter/day-the world record of living plants-and structural properties equal to that of steel and concrete, bamboo is a versatile design material and an interesting alternative in the contemporary material/sustainability discourse. Over 1,250 species are known, varying from small to giant. Bamboo is found in varied biotopes-cold mountains, hot tropics, and arid deserts. Furthermore, bamboo is a good alternative to facilitate biological carbon sequestration. “Bamboo’s fast-growing attribute makes it a very useful resource to capture and sequester atmospheric carbon and consequently mitigate climate change, in a similar way that tree does. The unique growing capacity makes bamboo a valuable sink for carbon storage”. Bamboo, in spite of its many advantages, has long-standing difficulties in gaining serious momentum and awareness in mainstream design practices. The small-scale nature and the peripheral cultural and geographic position of the bamboo industry has made it hard for bamboo to make its voice heard. The knowledge of bamboo is today mostly concentrated in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Dr. Campbell Drake says “Architects from the developing world are leading the industry in terms of innovation, but it would be great to see it being exported to other parts of the world” . This is echoed by the bamboo pioneer Dr. Kristof Crolla who notes that “Some of the knowledge, some of the drives that they [places outside the trendsetting metropolises] put on the table can be exported back into the west as well” . And what is true for architecture is equally true for the design of daily objects.
The film has won several awards:
“Independent Short Awards”, Los Angeles, USA, Gold Award for Best Documentary Short; “South Film and Arts Academy Festival” Chili, Best Documentary Short Film; “Virgin Spring Cinefest” Kolkata, India Best Documentary Gold Award; “Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival” Best Cinematography; “World Film Carnival” Singapore, Best Documentary Film; “Košice International Monthly Film Festival (KIMFF)” Košice Slovakia Honorable Mention; and “Independent Short Awards”, Los Angeles, USA, Honorable Mention for Best Editing
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As a cabinet maker for over 30 years, I found bamboo to be one of my favorite materials for furniture building. It's strength, stability, versatility and beauty is hard to beat.
Probably a long shot but can you help me expert bamboo from India?
Traditionally, when you apply beeswax and a turpentine mix to bamboo flute making, the wax enter into the fiber and reenforces it's natural strength. As you play the flute, it warms up the wax in the fiber and creates wonderful tones. I made these types of flutes 50 years ago that are still fine instruments today.
Instruments, and sounds, made by bamboo is a great field of study. We hope to incorporate some of this in our third movie in this series (the second is its final stage of editing). Thanks for your feedback.
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I'm so in love with Bamboo. I did a Permaculture Course which changed my life. It was a paradigm shift from a lack mentality to an abundance mentality. With one sacred miracle plant, Bamboo has so many uses. To call it a poor man's building material is foolish. It can provide food for people, animals, provide shelter, used as pipes to channel water, scaffolding, architecture, writing material, utensils, drink out of, eat out of, flooring, mulch, you can cook in bamboo, it can create calm relaxation spaces, provide office plants for cleaner air... I can go on and on. We don't need sky scrapers that serve no purpose, except for the rich to get richer and hide their wealth for tax breaks. Concrete jungles are dead. They don't offer anything of benefit back to humanity and nature. No sun, no life. Bamboo structures don't need to last 1000 years. They can be changed, taken down, moved, built up quickly, and don't ruin the environment. You can't do that with a concrete building. I can visualise Bamboo changing lives rapidly for poor people who live in tin shacks to people living in healthy bamboo homes. Off the ground and mud. There are no mistakes in nature. Its only our perception that's distorted. Everything in the Permaculture system works in harmony with everything and has more than one purpose. Chickens: eggs, feathers, manure, grass cutters. Bamboo: endless. Herbs: all have medicinal healing properties, flavour food. I can go on. Bamboo is so special in its own right.
Thanks for these beautiful words
thanks for this insight... the challenge i see is in makingit affordable - and roofing material. there are some things in life that plastic should be worshipped for and that's its ability to waterproof... believe ne i have a leaking grass roof on my house and just throwing together a few bits of grass to make a new roof is not as simple as it sounds... combined with the inequality in the global currency exchange rates which ensure that no matter how much or hard people here work, they will never gain financial equality with western countries whose currencies are valued much higher... making even simple technologies to make life comfortable ,like a solar pump, unaffordable. Things are changing and I'm optimistic also... it's making the change happen on the ground that counts and enabling equality so people Can utilise bamboo (like treating it with borax/treatments to make it last longer so you dont have to replace it every 3 or 4 years...) I've built my own house out of bamboo and have some idea of the pitfalls of the material and also from a local person's perpective - trying to make a design that would be attractive to local people and affordable... not saying i succeeded but i have some insights on it 😂
Hi Janine where did you do your permaculture course?
@@victoriaholme6684 Hi Victoria, it was called Hope Permaculture and Organic Farming and Training.
@@anthrotechture5709 I have a new house 🏠
The main problem is that bamboo cannot keep its strength. Houses will break after 20 years because the strength of the bamboo disappears slowly. Only by putting the bamboo into a specific chemical liquid the strength of the bamboo can be prolonged for 100 and more years. This mechanism has been developed for IBUKU by a German architect und is used today as a standard by immersion bamboo into borax and boric acid for a week. IBUKU has built hundreds of beautiful houses in Indonesia and Bali.
More correctly borax and boric acid are used as insect repellent and preservative. Bamboo borers are a big problem in untreated bamboo thus treating it with environmentally safe preservative makes a pile of sense. Yes, there are studies that prove with very specific formula of the borax and boric acid mix its compressive and tensile strength is increased by 10%. I have made a system by which I treat bamboo up to 6m lengths in borax and boric acid mixture. I do small batches storing it for later use.
If Bamboo is treated at first and taken care or it can last much longer than 20 years. My wife is from the jungles of Peru. Her families 5 generation home is made from bamboo and is in fine condition. Sure they have had made some repairs over the years along with growing the size of the home to a quite large home. I have been married to my wife for more than 40 years and her family bamboo home looks as good as it did when I married her. The family has no need to change what they are doing with their home Through the years (45 years ago) they have added flawlessly plumbing and electrical connections that would rival some of the nicer homes here in the US.. It beautiful and very functional. It is a peaceful and tranquil place to be and will last way longer than me or my children if taken care of correctly.
That’s not a problem
@@darrellturner560 would it be possible to soak it in natural oil and resin too, like they do for self defense canes to strengthen them? They would be strong and pest resistant at that point too. But probably more flammable...
Bamboo and hemp are game changers. I dont know why we are not producing more of it.
FUnny i just said those exact words to my daughter. We have hemp and bamboo which are multi use products and we use concrete and steel instead. I hope by the end of my childs life , we have started using our brains before we slaughter the planet completely.
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lumber and oil $$$
How do you feel about Japanese knotweed?? It's my crazy idea to let it grow everywhere it but avoiding an ecological problem by keeping it very controlled. That would be achieved by letting everybody collect it and sell the biomass (energy + biochar) for a little fee tax free. But of course for farmers, hemp seems a perfect idea although that's problematic exactly because it's so valuable and there are market problems then.
Because the White man wouldn't be able to claim it. Concrete, plastics, fossil fuel based products makes the global north richer and the planet poorer. Western civilization for all its things and comfort has been a detriment if it destroys the planet.
Something I didn't know until a year or so ago, bamboo when growing attract natural microbes which help the soil. If you watch any Korean Natural Farming videos on how to make your own Effective Microorganism solution for your plants, you start out trying to find a clump of bamboo because that's where the natural Microorganisms thrive and grow.
*I love this info.. its good*
I grow bamboo here o the mojave to stop the erosion
INLOVE YOU ALL, 😻😹😁 I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THIS PLANT THAT I AM SYMPATHETIC TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES IT 😁
Really? I didn't know that. That's very good info to have, thank you for sharing that. I'll be looking at some Korean natural farming videos. Peace 🙏
“natural microbes” normally grow in the soil around plants in all the ‘ecosystems’ on earth. Tundra, forest (sub-arctic, temperate and tropical), grasslands and swamps. The places they don’t grow or thrive are those where humans have poisoned them (residential, industrial, agricultural or recreational). Permaculture and other gardening/farming practices (often called “organic” or “revolutionary”) that encourage/preserve the “natural microbes” are more sustainable and cheaper to maintain because of the microbes.
As an engineer, when I toured parts of Asia, I realized what an amazing engineering material it is. It very versatile, easily adopted to many purposes. The strong fiber in one direction gives makes it able to resting bending forces., They also make it very strong in both compression and tension forces
Bamboo is cold, suitable for the tropic country just like wood that make warm for the snow season. Strong and beautiful, we can make it for a millions kind of thing.
No not at all. I'm a licensed NYC construction superintendent, I was involved in a NYC dob study back in the late 90s looking into bamboo , it has way too many faults to be utilized in cold weather environments. Once it drops below 32deg , freezing, bamboo becomes EXTREMELY brittle. Also when wet it looses basically all rigidity. It'll never be approved for structural use in the USA, trust me it'll never happen... also throw in it's an invasive species AND the majority of bamboo farm acreage is owned by the Chinese government, WELL THERE YOU HAVE IT
@@Sherry-dg4bv Interesting! I had no idea!!
Bamboo is good but weed is the best one 10ft tall weed plant takes in as much carbon as a 120ft tall oak tree and the weed plant gives off just as much oxygen as that oak tree also the last thing weed plants produce more nutrients back into the soil than that 120ft oak tree also.
@@Sherry-dg4bv That's enlightening. The problems with temperature and wetness aren't mentioned in the video, not even by the architects.
Bamboo is probably the most useful vegetation on the planet. You can eat it, build a beautiful house, or anything in between👍👍
Also use the fiber
3D printed homes combined with bamboo for certain parts of the structure sounds like a practical yet beautiful combination
We are working on the next movie about bamboo and hope to show more innovative and exploratory design and architecture from the world.
@@anthrotechture5709 Looking forward to this!
Very Interesting. For the ones more interested in the design applications of Bamboo : around 18:00 min - Properties around 23:00 min - 3D parametric design examples around 25:00 min - Type of design applications around 27:00 min - Contemporary applications First part of the film is mostly about sustainability (e.g. bamboo’s fast growth rate and its ability to clean water and prevent erosion) plus carbon sequestration (e.g. bamboo’s ability to store carbon )
@Dalysio Moreno Thanks for you encouragement and the "guide to design applications", most helpful . The film is made for someone that are new to bamboo so we opted to to cover a lot of ground. We are working on the second film where we ope to dive into the design aspects even further.
Thank you. So tired of this lecturing about carbon footprints and man made climate change. I thought this was about using bamboo as a building material🙄
@@anthrotechture5709 Where can I get more information on growing and building with bamboo? I am in Southeast Texas and we have some bamboo already. I would like to grow and supply it as well as make what I can for myself and to sell.
@@jackjones9460 try to contact INBAR www.inbar.int/ or send us a message to our Facebook: Citizen of Bamboo @Bamcitizen, and we try to set you up with someone from our network that might be able to help
@@jackjones9460- need more supply?
How refreshing to see something of value on KZhead
Thanks for your support.
Bamboo is a great resource regardless of climate arguments.
Bamboo is amazing if you do a quick google search. Bamboo grows a lot quicker than wood and also the fibers can be 2-3 times stronger than wood. Bamboo also absorbs more carbon dioxide and it releases a lot more oxygen. The only downside to it, is that it absorbs more water than trees. (Bamboo is also a type of grass and not wood)
@@HiThere-bu4bs the CO2 thing is irrelevant. Bamboo has so many virtues, and it is unnecessary to put the "green" label on it. You will kill the market for it if you don't stop that.
@whatever04 *sigh* Anthropoogenic CO2 is not the primary driver. This is currently being admitted to in climate science circles. It has yet to make it to political circles because humanity's collective "guilt" is politically useful.. If we just stick to its fantastic properties, we'll be fine, and bamboo won't be dismissed as yet another greenwashed, unfeasible product. If we continue down the political lane, it will ultimately tank bamboo as a serious alternative to anything except flutes. Look... I was buying carbon offsets in 2003. I did so until the science told me this was no longer necessary. I dont listen to popsci or political sources. I read the actual articles, as I am a trained physicist, so I can understand it. It is shocking to me that government bodies are still pushing this. As far as I can tell, it is dead and buried, and the IPCC is keeping it on life support.
@whatever04 number one: Anthropogenic CO2 contribution is at about 0.4%, per the IPCC. This was discovered some time ago. Then the claim was made that this small amount would have a positive feedback effect on the climate, thus causing runaway greenhouse effects. This has been attacked by a number of published papers in a number of climate journals. The IPCC has yet to respond to this refutation. Third, recent developments in climate science show that there are numerous factors related to sun cycles and solar system wide events that are far greater a modulator of climate. Fourth, a pair of atmospheric scientists I Ireland just showed, using 100 years of weather balloon data, that the runaway greenhouse effect is not possible. The earth's atmosphere, taken in toto, behaves like an ideal gas. This means that as the atmosphere absorbs more energy, it expands to dissipate the extra energy. I'm not going to cite journals. I have spent too many hours doing that, and then being told "that's not real evidence". I encourage you to look this up. And anyway, this is about bamboo. I'm tired of people screwing up good things by putting some kind of moral value into it that doesn't actually pan out, and takes something good down with it.
@whatever04*TRUE,* the point here is not just about marketability But sustainability and rehabilitative qialities that bamboo offers. We cant pretend and ignore that our choice of lifestyle and materialism contributes *A LOT* in causing Climate change.
I lived in a bamboo house when I was young but later on my parents house was renovated into steel, sand, cement and hollow blocks basically it was concreted because where I live is tropical and typhoons come by every 10-20 times a year BUT bamboos are still use as furnitures, sofas, tables, shelfs and storage. I love that it is giving a boho vibe in fact there are bamboo plants the large type still swaying in front of my parents house.
I want to buy some bamboo but can't find none in America
Same here, lived some years in SE Asia and native houses are the best thanks to bamboo. And the shoots are nice to eat
@@Liz-qc8jw for many it sounds like a dream house I guess. But bamboo is multifunctional, should be used more
@@nathanmitchell4009there are places that sell bamboo plants, I found a few channels here on KZhead and you might find some more if you did a google search for it.
Bamboo is amazing! Yeah, it looks good for nature and stuff, but I’m talking an all out replacement for wood in houses. Bamboo fibers can be 2-3 times stronger than wood and can grow a lot faster. Why don’t we just grow bamboo fields that can be harvested quickly and be used for stronger housing?
Excellent points my friend!
The lumber industry
@@Kyohan137 the lumber industry now is creating a bigger need for these kind of alternatives. We need engineers that work with architects to create a building prototype that solves the building code issues and with that established, then we can just start planting bamboo farms everywhere in the country ! So it’s accessible locally for most main cities and we can all start building our frames for our homes economically !!! Let’s do it!!!! Who’s with me ???? Let’s facilitate and stimulate the conversation NOW!!!! I Live in Colorado and I’m sure it would grow very easily here, we can create a viable plan. Hope we ca join forces
Can take over and be a pest
How about bring back HEMP which can fill most every building need.
The use of traditional and contemporary building materials together sounds good to me 💚
I recall being somewhat fascinated at seeing bamboo scaffolding used for hi-rise buildings during my first trip to Hong Kong in the late 70's. It also appeared that the workers were wearing 'slippers' of some sort!
In Australia, one would call them. "Chinese safety boots". (No offence intended)
Bamboo is a wonderful building material. Has anyone considered combining bamboo construction with cob or stucco? Consider the structural and insulating properties.
It has been done in South America.
Also with the hemp
bamboo is perfect as a structural frame for cob. it's practiced in Indian traditinal homes but I'm not sure the location/where in india. mainly because bamboo weathers and fades when exposed to sun and eventually becomes brittle. however when it's sealed inside cob, it is preserved and keeps well. i made a miniature cob and bamboo building that sat for a year and i melted it down again with water (the cob) and the bamboo was still in perfect condition. Definately worthy of looking into further
@@bamboocreativebali7474 Actually there are already existing bamboo materials invented by Dasso being anti-septic, anti-mould, anti-termite and fireproof with a warranty of 25 years.
@@ianzuo1828 oh do you have a link? Still with sun exposure bamboo fades like most materials. I did hear recently of an outdoor decking product. All are pretty expensive so not an option for most people living on the planet.
Our bamboo house is still standing strong even after half of the house has been torn down 24 years later.😊Bamboo is awesome.
It is very real. We have been running over 106* for 2 weeks in the San Joaquin of California. I would love to have bamboo as a natural break from our neighbors yard. this also provides natural shade. What a great product also for building.
Strong, light and cheap. The only material that combines these properties.
bamboo is the future of building construction because it's almost infinite, it grows / regenerate very fast so we can save tropical forest
More like raid forests where people live while murdering them in the name of global warming and bamboo.
Another useful technology in implementing Bamboo in "conventional buildings" are "Engineered Bamboo Products" Essentially you cut the bamboo to standard lengths, then run it to something akin to a "log splitter", then these sticks/sections are planed. They can be processed via a variety of techniques (steam, heat, pressing, shredding, splitting, etc) into something akin to plywood, oriented strand lumber, etc. It is not designed/marketed for structural use per se but see "Bamboo Flooring" / "Bamboo Countertops" It can in essence though be substituted for "2x4's" and plywood sheets among other similar things. I think these "drop in solutions" would be much easier to implement / more widespread (although those "Bamboo Cathedrals" look amazing and i would love to see more things in that style! )
The process you describe was first used back in the 19th century to make Bamboo fly rods!
Yes, it’s true “split cane” or bamboo rods as an engineered product have been around for a long time. From about 1870 to 1950 bamboo was the standard in this industry and it only lost its predominance due to a trade embargo. In our upcoming production “The Bamboo Dialogues” we discuss these and some other early innovations in bamboo.
@@anthrotechture5709 That would be great!
"Bamboo, what do you want to be. Bamboo: I want to be an arch. Builder: OK go get a bunch of your friends, and we will make you into an arch. Bamboo: Born to bend.
Simply organic- wonderful! I have lots of river willow that I braid in place that keep growing. I collect young shoots to make donut-shaped pot stands, mats, etc. I'm going to start thinking about using it in my home. Thank you!
Sounds great!
Bamboo is key to regeneration. 🎋🌍
Bambo good.. 👍
in california and oregon i had beautiful furniture made with bambu. vintage stuff hard to find. today i live in mexico where it grows and all my furniture is hecho en mexico bamboo! love it
Always loved Bamboo. I would hang out at Pier 1 just to look at what came in. I was a teenager in the 70's. Just something sexy about it! The Bamboo.
bamboo is a really amazing material, and it grows so freaking fast.
These experimental arched lattice structures would be absolutely stunning with some vining flowers climbing up them. Maybe some hydroponics hidden inside the structure if you're feeling cheeky, so you could have plants rooted at the higher points and sort of dripping down, topsy-turvy style. I can see an ordinary vegetable garden turned into an elegant art masterpiece with this type of construction.
Oooo! I like the cut of your jib! Except I have no idea what a jib is.
Lol...you said Topsy turvy....dope suggestion as well...
a snap pea n bean haven. i used bamboo for both
Today the company IBUKU in Indonesia is leading in bamboo house building. The quality of bamboo is made by IBUKU stable by a method in which the bamboo pieces are immersed in a liquid that guarantees a hundred year lifespan. Their constructed buildings made 100 % out of bamboo allow for five-stores houses and more.
those last moments in the video shows strong structures of bamboo that are mind bending to my arquitecture career, people need to see even bigger and beautiful buildings made of bamboo, a modern joinery technology worthy of bamboo must be research
Are you an arquitecture enthusiast. Would love to get in touch with you. Have some projects in mind....
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Which specific species of bamboo required for this type of structure,pls reply
Really, the bamboo is one of the best gift of Nature. Thanks for the valuable video.
We could not agree more
Bamboo could even be easily processed into laminated 2x4's and such so that western builders feel more comfortable using it. Not to mention allowing people to break away from the bamboo aesthetic while still making use of the abundant material.
Bamboo is the best and most versatile construction material in the world. With Adobe running second best. Both of these materials are structurally extremely strong, and architecturally create the most beautiful structures of all building materials. Here in the US it is far too expensive. I would love to grow and sell it. In an earthquake I would prefer to be in a bamboo structure large or small than any other material.
What can we say except that we agree completely
bamboo is wonderful-for warm climates, i didn't see anything about bamboo in cold climates if you could get it, so only half the world can benefit from it
In fact some species of bamboo do grow in cold climates like coastal New England, but they are of the smaller varieties
@@wrightgregson9761 They all do except maybe for Bambusa species which is not very hardy. I have several B gracillis and they regress in winter but spring up in the Spring !! I'm at 43 degrees South.
I love Bamboo and grow it as screen in my garden for privacy
Thanks for your input and interest. We’re fans of bamboo too ❤️
It's like a weed in my yard. I love it around the perimeter though. I would put a concrete wall underground to contain it. It will take over. At least the species I have grows very fast.
It's like a weed in my yard. I love it around the perimeter though. I would put a concrete wall underground to contain it. It will take over. At least the species I have grows very fast.
Our traditional house is made up of bamboo and traditional crafts are made of cane and bamboo and our state has 64varieties of bamboos and we love eating bamboo shoots too. I love bamboos
Naturally we love bamboo too. Where are you located?
@@anthrotechture5709 NE part of india consisting 8states and are mostly tribal states. Iam from Arunachal Pradesh, (nyishi tribe)
I recent did some knitting with bamboo yarn. It was so incredibly silky! I highly recommend it for baby blankets and things to be worn directly against the skin.
We have to plant bamboo every where in our world... So simple buat difficult to practice
Thanks for your support
Most things made with bamboo,are BEAUTIFUL!
We do of course agree profanely!
Hemp too, love for bamboo still
HempBoo needs to be a thing!
I have grown rows of clumping boots stop noise from a road behind my house. Starting cutting and using it for trellis material in my gardens. Thinking about making a gazebo after seeing this with it.
Bamboo is so beautiful! Id love a home of bamboo
You should and could have included Assam and Tripura of India. Research and development is going on here regarding usage of bamboo. Modern Door, beds, window frames, dining tables etc. are made of bamboo and they came stronger than the conventional materials. Anyway, all the best for your future projects.
Hi I was wondering where the patio chair on 23:04 is sold Thank you & I really enjoyed watching this
Bamboo reminds me of carbon fiber construction but starts as natural fibers. Where do we learn more? I need to change my career. Bamboo, gardening, bamboo gardening and bamboo construction supplies seem a natural combination.
I wonder if the solution to bamboo not being standard as an engineering tool could be solved by stripping it down to the fiber level so that they're uniform, and then weaving and braiding it into a three dimensional structure that suits the use. Spin the individual fibers into boards and blocks and beams and planks by choosing which directions you weave or braid them in through three dimensions.
There is a lot of new and innovative ideas how to make bamboo products that “plays well with other materials”. In our next production we are going to explore the material’s inherent potential more thoroughly. The pandemic have kept us from working full speed with this new film but hopefully we will finish it soon.
They are making bath towels out of bamboo fiber.
every bamboo culm is different... so this would be nearly impossible unless a selection process is "added" in... like when you go to the supermarket and choose a kilo of apples out of the big pile... the harvester just harvests... then the builder selects which bamboos to use. thickness, curve, weight etc... its an interesting process to watch. in woven products, you're right, still you're going to have the odd dud piece... remeber the apples 😉
@@bamboocreativebali7474 I get the feeling you didn't read my comment, which was explicitly about bamboo culms not being the same and what to do about it.
@@williambarnes5023 hi, not until now - i didnt read it no... apologies. My imagination is boggling... i cant visualise what you're saying in reality - with the cross section of a bamboo the skin and outer layer is strongest and softer fibre towards the centre,,, so usually centre part is discarded. i have made stiff, not flexible bamboo lamination by hand using epoxy glues and wood glues. Bamboo rope does exist... i think made from apus/tali bamboo - i dont know how to make it though. and apparently the process to make bamboo into fibre for clothing is very destructive to the environment... maybe they use a lot of chemicals or something (I'm not sure - havent had a chance to research it properly)
Hurrah ! Hurrah !
Bamboo is miracle. After you burn it would start growing back
It is indeed a miracle plant if you know how to grow and use it. Thanks for your interest, help spread the message!
THE PLANTS, not the building!😀
consistency, need to make laminate that can be calculated and mass produced consistently for engineering calculations. You will revolutionize the building industries.
I think bamboo is the future. I wonder if you can breed the plant to become thicker and if we can engineer a special anchor bolt to help connecting joints 🤔
Such an amazing but underappreciated plant. It absorbs more carbon dioxide and produces more oxygen than trees. It also has antibacterial properties. Not to mention its relevance in construction and furniture industry. Btw, I appreciate the Philippine folklore regarding the bamboo mentioned in this substantial documentary.
agreed!
Thanks for your wonderful feedback.
There are some great and amazing bamboo in great shapes and sizes in some parts of my country, Myanmar and after seeing this, our country is still a long way from exploring the possibilities of the nature.
Not quite the exam revision I'm supposed to be doing but this is interesting nonetheless.
I prefer bamboos for building beautiful structures and useful products, besides being a renewable resources, bamboo has been used for centuries and is easily replaced , and relatively affordable…..
There is bamboo growing in Takoma Park, Maryland.
We in the Philippines. Bamboo nursery along in the highway is a profitable local business. Ive seen truckloads of seedlings transported. Specifically here in Our place. Bukidnon, Philippines.
Am really amazed by what a person can do with bamboo,Africa should embrace it into the construction industry and making of other sustainable products.it creates jobs in the creativity industry.
Not only Africa! Bamboo can do!
i think, for insulation, foam boards with acrylic cement/fabric on the boards, wired to the boo structure, will give beauty, insulation, longetivity, as well as a very good roof, as this base will take many of the fine roofing materials available, including green roofs.
I am from Boston but have had quite a bit of experience in Viet Nam. So I was very pleased tô see Vo Trong Nhia contributing to this story!! I follow his work to some degree and like what I see!!I would like to see bamboo used, at least initially, in small scale uses like cutting boards, flooring -- all ways to get bamboo into the mind of the potential users. Has bamboo ever been used as reinforcing in concrete? Bamboo does not rust and expand, for instance.
Yes VTN Architect is an interesting Bamboo practice
During dutch indie era , in indonesia, many dutch old building were build using bamboo, and still strong until now. And from my experience using bamboo to gave wet land stability inside the mud soil, bamboo are more strength and flexible rather than wood.
Ummm. He is Vo Trong Nghia. It's difficult to write? Yeh. I think so that although i'm Vietnamese. In Viet Nam, you can write wrong your name every time, everywhere when you forgot how to write your name . It's not big problem in foreign (when you lived here along time). But. In the serious problem... Ummm. This is important problem in Viet Nam because you can wrong write when you do exam... And fail the exam.. or you can make misread impression for other people you name this, name that. So.... I think you shouldn't write wrong name while on important moment.
i think the west should import bamboo and give the consumer a chance with the construction of it , we need this valuable resource now and it would open up all sorts of possibilities for investors as well as the housing industry.
For the reasons stated in the video. It is not standard dimensions like a 2x4. It can't be nailed or screwed the way wood can. Plus, the buildings shown here are extremely expensive.
@Gathering No Moss, we are not sure to which particular building you are referring to. The buildings in the film range a big spectrum regarding usage and cost. However, there is no indication that they in general have a higher price tag than conventual buildings in the same location. In fact the last building (Hilon Showroom) was built on the same budget as a conventional industrial barn.
Thought provoking and so many questions....
Thanks, we are happy you liked it.
I wish and pray I start living in a Bamboo house...
We hope that your wishes comes true
Don't wish to live in a bamboo home. Build it.
I'd imagine this would be fantastic if you could take the long fibers and engineer them into materials to an agreed upon standard. We need span and load tables that are reliable. That's why it's not used.
Buenas tardes gracias por tan importantes imágenes y este video es suma mente lmportamte para la promoción del uso del bambú construyó piezas de bambú camas, muebles y más
My greatest dream is to have a home built with bamboo 🌺
Excellent if flawed by the difficulties in editing pieces - and yes the climate stuff just alienates both sides!
Thank you for the fascinating documentary! As a student of product design, my brain is buzzing with possibilities after seeing the video. I can't wait for a potential sequel to this film. Bravo!
Our pleasure! We hope to inspired the next generation of designers as yourself. Without giving up too much of the next movie, we can promise that the focus is going to be even more towards bamboo design in the next movie.
Bamboo looks like a fun material to work with. I hope the skills to work with it are never lost.
Bamboo is a dream....wood, steel, and concrete are the waking world. I wish we could use it, but it's not likely to happen.
I want to learn how to build with bamboo
I have a grove of the tall bamboo on my property in Maui. I’d love to find someone who can work with bamboo.
Me too. About to start growing Moso and another clumping variety
Most outstanding presentation on bamboo I have seen till date, since I started taking notice of bamboo.
Thanks for these kind words. Means lot to us. Please stay tuned for our next movies about bamboo.
I appreciate bamboo
Works of art 🎨plus functional shelters.
Great educational film on bamboo, which answered all of my questions and concerns about its usage as a potential building materal to save our global forests. Less practical is using bamboo as a reliable, quick and efficient building material; more practical, and more to the point of extending mankind’s survivability, bamboo should be widely used to accommodate carbon and co2 sequestration on a global scale - immediately!
Thanks for your support. Stay tuned for our sequel in which we explore the possibilities of bamboo further.
24:27 great take away
Bamboo and hemp 👍🏻
The world's two most useful plants.
And coconut
Powerful. A real eye opener. I am very happy 😌 to learn and understand. Thank you the time to teach ☺️ Hope to use this technic in the future some how
Thanks for these kind and encouraging words.
Hello! Great work in this wonderful video, I love that you are giving light to a more environmental friendly and versetille building material. I was wondering if the possibility of planting bamboos elsewhere in the world other than in their natural habitat (if it became a very popular building material) could make it an invasive species, diminishing the health of the ecossistems, and if there are others material with similar interest to building, perhaps from other parts of the world.
Bamboo grows in surprising places. Rule thumb. Clumping bamboo likes shade. Running bamboo likes sun. You can grow bamboo in Boston Massachusetts! You just have to choose the correct type
This is amazing please educate us to save the future of our environment
Thanks for your encouragement
I want to learn bamboo housing.where can I approach to? enlighten me.
Excellent video, great compilation of expert views 👌🙏. I love Bamboos, it's nature's great gift to mankind. It will eventually replace all men-made artificial material in future.
Many many thanks
Man-made artificial materials that are made from... natural materials? Let's not get too high and mighty, now.
Definetly not, bamboo is cool and all but it can't replace everything
You're correct 💯
I would like to see an explanation on what determines where bamboo prevails and where not compared to deciduous-, and coniferous trees, but also palm _trees_
It simply perfect and beautiful.
Amo el bambú...la guadua...
Es el momento del bambú y es irreversible, cada vez somos cómo el bambú más y más al mismo tiempo que se multiplica nosotros también y nada lo detiene. Felicidades
por supuesto, creemos que está bien informado!
Bamboo grass is futuristic so dream future betterment.
Indeed!
Most amazing and sustainable. Great work. Great documentary
Thanks for your encouragement. Stay tuned for our next movie about bamboo
I appreciate Bamboo construction. I love. I love bamboo made items. My concern is Bamboo catches fire easily what if a house made of bamboo, will burn completely. Suggest for this??
hm. I was thinking if there is a way to safely coat the bamboo with some sort of barrier to prevent it fro catching on fire and deteriorating, I think that could be a solution to that concern.
@@charlottedefreitas4784 really appreciable
I love bamboo ❤
Savety and artistic..
@Anthrotechture excellent work 👌kudos.. It takes a lot of hard work to make such indepth documentaries which can create an impact.
Glad you liked it!
Nice work. I have learned something and after the video I didn’t feel bamboozled.
Thanks for your support it means a lot to us.
Bamboo is a miracle material ❤😊❤😊❤
Absolutely!
Super ... un très beau et captivant reportage ... oui , le Bambou c'est l'avenir ... 🙂
Thanks for your encouragement.
A beautifully useful plant.
We are in an agreement!
last year I bought us some bamboo socks. Very soft material. We where very surprised
I was left bamboozled.
Thanks. We hope you stay bamboozled at heart.
Bamboo is naturally strong but it also degrades naturally over time, either via insects feeding on it or via water rot. Two major natural enemies of untreated bamboo. Both problems have been solved ages ago through salt treatments and waterproofing techniques.