Thursday 10 January 2013

BAMBOO AS BUILDING MATERIAL


Building with bamboo looks back on an ancient tradition in the regions in which plant grows in abundance, such as South America, Africa and, in particular, in South-EastAsia. Bamboo is one of the oldest construction materials.
Bamboo has durable rootstocks, the rhizomes. After a seedling has produced the first rhizome, the differentiated rhizome system will begin to develop. Its circumferential and longitudinal growth increases annually. It is only after twelve and more years that canes of full thickness and height will be produced. According to the type of branching of the rhizomes the main group of the bamboos is called monopodial, whereas the other group is called sympodial.


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