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Volume 2 Issue 1: Vernacular Bamboo Architecture: Tradition or Future?
This issue of Bamboo and Rattan Update features contributions from some of the people who are modernising vernacular bamboo architecture:
The architects at SUP Atelier explain the inspiration behind the magnificent new Fish-Shaped Bamboo Pavilion in Yangzhou, China;
Marcin Dawydzik, chartered engineer, discusses how quake-resilient housing is being used to build back better in Lombok, Indonesia;
David Trujillo, civil engineer and Chair of the INBAR Construction Task Force, looks at the surprise rebirth of bahareque architecture in Colombia;
Pablo Jácome Estrella and Fabián Moreno, from INBAR’s Latin America and the Caribbean Office, explore the new bioclimatic bamboo housing design which has been accepted into Ecuador’s National Building Code.
The issue also features news, reviews and analyses from the bamboo sector around the world, and updates from INBAR’s project work.
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