Bamboo Gridshells
Bamboo Gridshells by David Rockwood
English | June 26, 2015 | ISBN: 1138795569, 1138795585 | 150 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 9.81 MB/10.05 MB
English | June 26, 2015 | ISBN: 1138795569, 1138795585 | 150 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 9.81 MB/10.05 MB
This highly illustrated text brings together two areas which have both grown in popularity in recent years: gridshells and bamboo.
Bamboo is a fast-growing, naturally available, renewable resource which is quite strong and lends itself to structural applications. In this unique text, David Rockwood demonstrates the viability of bamboo as a building material and considers the advantages – as well as the challenges – of working with bamboo. Its properties, workability, connections, assembly, erection processes, structural behavior, and final use are explored in detail through a series of design-build experiments and case studies from Hawai’i and Vietnam.
The only book available on the subject, Bamboo Gridshells provides a comprehensive introduction to this emerging technology which will be of interest to anyone working in the areas of sustainable or environmental design, ecological construction, low technology strategies, or alternative materials.