6. General Aspects of Construction

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. Inhalt 4
3. I. The Technology of Bamboo Building
4. 1. Historical Examples 9
5. 2. The Plant 15
6. 3. Cutting, Drying, Treatment and Storage 17
7. 4. Physical Properties 21
8. 5. Building with Bamboo in Europe and North America 27
9. 6. General Aspects of Construction 29
10. 7. Basic Construction Elements 33
11. 8. Tools and Their Uses 37
12. 9. Joints 41
13. 10. Constructive Elements and Systems 48
14. 11. Complementary Elements 72
15. 12. Reinforcing with Bamboo 78
16. II. Built Examples
17. Residences
18. Low Energy Bamboo House, Rotselaar, Belgium 82
19. Stepped House in El Darién, Valle, Colombia 84
20. Colibrí House, Cali, Colombia 86
21. Blooming Bamboo Home, Cau Dien Town, Hanoi, Vietnam 88
22. Guesthouse in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 90
23. House in Cochahaira Village, Boyacá, Colombia 92
24. House in Sadhrana, Haryana, India 94
25. Casa Cohuatichan, Cuetzalan, Mexico 96
26. Prefabricated Bamboo Houses in Hawaii 98
27. Cultural, Educational and Sacral Buildings
28. Son La Restaurant, Son La, Vietnam 100
29. Green School in Sibajang Kaja Badung, Bali, Indonesia 105
30. Kindergarten and Community Centre, Naiju, Japan 108
31. School in Rudrapur, Bangla Desh 110
32. Naman Beach Bar, Danang, Vietnam 114
33. Washrooms, La Selva, Spain 118
34. Temporary Church in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia 120
35. Nomadic Museum, Mexico City, Mexico 122
36. Offices; Industrial and Infrastructural Buildings
37. Tollgate, Pereira, Colombia 124
38. Jewellery Factory in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 126
39. Multi-Storey Car Park Façade, Leipzig, Germany 128
40. Office Building, Darmstadt, Germany 130
41. Pavilions and Experimental Structures
42. Pavilion, Vergiate, Italy 132
43. ZERI Pavilion, EXPO 2000, Hanover, Germany 134
44. Pavilions for the “German Esplanade”, Chongquing, Guangzhou, Shenyang and Wuhan, China 136
45. Indian Pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China 140
46. Vietnamese Pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China 142
47. German-Chinese House, EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China 144
48. Sculptures for MERAN FLORA 2004, Meran, Italy 146
49. Restaurant Roof, Coburg, Germany 148
50. Exposition Roof, Cologne, Germany 150
51. Bridges
52. Footbridge, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia 152
53. Bridge in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia 153
54. Appendix
55. Bibliography 155
56. Associations, Journals 157
57. About the Author Acknowledgements 158
58. Illustration Credits 159
59. Colophon 160