Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant, capable of growing over 60 cm per day. It has many advantages as a construction material such as strength, flexibility, low cost, and ability to absorb pollution. Bamboo can be used for scaffolding, reinforcement, roofing, walling, flooring, doors, windows, and decoration in construction. Specifically, bamboo is used in roofs as trusses and tiles, and in walls through techniques like bajareque and woven strips. Bamboo floors provide durability and resilience. It can also be used for foundations through piles and composites with concrete. Demonstration buildings in Kerala, India have shown bamboo can be used for all components in residential, office

2. INTRO…
• Bamboo is a woody grass. It is the fastest-growing woody plant
• Some species of bamboo grow so fast you can almost see them
growing.
• They are capable of growing 60 cm or more per day.
• However, the growth rate is dependent on local soil and climatic
conditions.

3. ADVANTAGES…
 Bamboo is an extremely strong natural fibre.
 It is highly flexible.
 Low-cost and environment friendly.
 Light weight compared to steel.
 Shock absorbing and thus earthquake resistant.
 Bamboo can prevent pollution by absorbing large amounts
of nitrogen from waste water.
 And also reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.

4. USE OF BAMBOO IN
CONSTRUCTION…
• Scaffolding
• Reinforcement
• Roofing
• Walling
• Flooring
• Doors & Windows
• Decoration

5. BAMBOO AS A CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL…
In ROOFS
1. Bamboo trusses
2. Bamboo tile roofing
3. Thatch roofing

6. BAMBOO AS A CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL…
In Bamboo walling/ceiling
1. Bajareque wall: This wall-building technique is very well-
known in Latin America. Bamboo strips are tied on either
side of timber and then intermediate space is filled with
mortar.
2. Bamboo board wall: This
is a common method of
construction in Indonesia.

7. BAMBOO WALLS
WOVEN BAMBOO WALL VERTICAL HALVED COULMS BAJAREQUE
WHOLE BAMBOO COULMS WATTLE AND DAUB

8. BAMBOO AS A CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL…
In Bamboo flooring
Bamboo can be used as flooring material due to its better wear and
tear resistance and its resilience properties.

9. Modern construction: apartment unit utilizing bamboo flooring

10. In REED BOARDS
Reed boards are made by flat pressing the reed at high temperatures.
These reed boards are used in elements like flooring, walls, ceiling and
roofing. They can also be used for partitions, doors, windows etc.
In SCAFFOLDING
Bamboo poles lashed together have been used as scaffolding in high
rise structures due to their strength and resilience. The timber planks
can be replaced with bamboo culms and these can be lashed to the
vertical culms. The working platforms for masons can also be built of
bamboo

11. BAMBOO FOUNDATIONS…
COMPOSITE BAMBOO-CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS
Single Post Footing
Strip Footing

12. BAMBOO FOUNDATIONS…
BAMBOO PILES
• Bamboo compacts soft soil, thus increasing the bearing
capacity of soil.
• The friction provided by the construction-grade bamboo
increases its load-bearing capacity.
• Treated split bamboo piles 8m long and 80 to 90mm in
diameter were filled with coconut coir strands wrapped with
jute.

13. BAMBOO FOUNDATIONS…
BAMBOO COLUMNS AND BEAMS
Bamboo Reinforced Column Bamboo Beams

14. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS…

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17. Demonstration buildings for Kerala forest
Research Institute, Nilambur , Kerala
View of the complex showing three
buildings different category of
application- residential, office and
medium rise.
All the components of the
buildings are of bamboo.

18. THANK U…