Summary Draft 1 - "Building with Bamboo"

In the article, “An Architect’s Guide to Building with Bamboo,” Vadot (n.d) develops on the idea of bamboo as a sustainable material for the future of construction. He mentions that bamboos can mature fast with little maintenance and are being harvested in various places around the world. On top of that, bamboo being a lightweight material, will be available at a low cost in these areas, and will also be affordable to transport due to its light weight. He also notes that while bamboo is often referred to as an alternative for steel, it is quite fragile, and requires treatment and protection from various natural circumstances. He then concludes that because of its drastically volatile material due to different environments, it makes it impossible to classify the 1,200 species under a standardized civil building code, however, Columbia has achieved so by determining a code for their locally grown material.

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