BAMBOO – THE ECOFRIENDLY MATERIAL

In recent years, the topic of the environment has been

protection continues. How to obtain recycle and eco-
friendly materials has become a widely discussed
question.

Through of investigate can find out Asian uses bamboo

for building material longer than western countries,
where you can easily find ancient buildings built with
bamboo. With the development of architectural design,
many architects are not satisfied with frequent use of
cement, steel pipes and other materials, they began to try
to use special sustainable development materials for bold
transformation, bamboo is one of the options to give full
play to the material beauty of bamboo.For example, in
the era when steel scaffolding is widely used to build
buildings, Hong Kong uses bamboo as scaffolding
Because of the natural color, shape and texture of bamboo,
the bamboo architecture gives people the psychological
feeling of returning to nature, and it is easy to coordinate
with environmental elements, which plays an important role
in architecture and interior decoration. This makes the
green sustainable development of environmental protection
materials to replace the existing building materials become
the trend of the construction industry.

Why can bamboo become a sustainable development

material? Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the
world, which can be used as a material in only two to
three years, while wood needs at least 25 years. At the
same time, environment-friendly bamboo can absorb
carbon dioxide and filter the air. Because of its
lightweight, good elasticity and not easy to damage, the
anti-seismic function is very prominent, which is one of
the materials very suitable for building.
In the below the table shows the four kinds of
bamboos tested they all from Malaysia. In the test
(See Fig.4.) the stems of bamboos were use to
tested mechanically. From the results, it can be
seen that the compression and tensile capacity of
bamboos is very strong, which many materials can
not achieve.

Bamboo is a material that is used for building above the ground,

since there is a possibility
that the bamboo will germinate underground. However, if you
observe certain significant
rules and do not put bamboo on the straight to the ground, then
the use of bamboo as a
foundation material is possible.
Bamboo’s several regulations for foundation:
Bamboo and soil should not come in contact there is a risk that
bamboo can take root,
The plinth in which the bamboo is installed should exceed 350
mm above the ground
water or above the hot water line (Krawczuk, 2013),
Diameter of bamboo should not exceed 70 mm (Krawczuk,
2013),
If post it exceeds three permissible meters, then connecting
beams should support the
column.
Nowadays bamboo is being addressed as a building material
that can contribute to sustainable development. It is uniquely
qualified because of its environmental, social and economic
benefits. In this paper the environmental, social and economic
aspects of bamboo construction material have been critically
reviewed to understand its impact on sustainable
construction. A comprehensive review of available published
materials has been carried out. The review focused on the
sustainability aspects of bamboo as building material only, and
the findings were grouped under the environmental, social
and economic aspects of sustainability. Studies which did not
pertain directly to bamboo as a building material were not
included in the study. The review includes journal papers,
conference and workshop papers, review papers, theses,
books, reports, informative flyers/booklets and information
available on the internet.

Some ways to cut bamboo to make joints & Some ways

to connect bamboo
Natural disasters affect people with low-economical resources
bringing about a psychosocial depression that leads to abandoning
of agricultural activities, which forces them to move to urban
centers (Arizaga 2001). This is one of the biggest causes of
increase of urban poor population. A study suggested planting of
bamboo in the pluvial deposits caused by the sedimentation of
flooding can be used to create income and thus rescue the dignity
of people in areas devastated by El Niño (ibid). A study done in the
mountainous area of Cuba showed that Bambusa vulgaris is very
effective in control of soil erosion (Acosta 2001), which has the
potential to prevent disasters from occurring in the first place. A
study on housing implementation in India after a major flood
showed that bamboo houses had a wider acceptance from local
communities because bamboo houses allowed for better living
conditions as they are better suited to the local climatic features
of warm-humid areas (Lisa 2010). Thus bamboo can play a big role
in bringing normality to life after disasters.
For a sustainable economic and social development,
ecological sustainability is a basic requirement. It is not
the consumption of material resources per se, but much
rather the resulting pollutant emissions that are currently
regarded as an obstacle to sustainable development. The
studies carried out so far have proven that the use of
bamboo in construction indeed will promote sustainable
construction because bamboo has many environmental
benefits that can entice people to use it to improve their
socio-economic standing. Overall, bamboo has the
potential to be a sustainable building material but more
studies are still required, especially dedicated to the
social aspect of bamboo in the building context. During
this study, it was observed that bamboo is generally
considered to be synonymous with sustainability, but the
explanation for such was not easily discernible.
Additionally, the seismic property of bamboo housing has
been well studied both theoretically and practically but
studies regarding bamboo as a building skin are
completely lacking. Additional studies are required to
better understand the socio-economic aspects of
bamboo-based construction materials. Another aspect of
further study can focus on the built environment of
bamboo buildings and the effect on living comfort of
bamboo-based construction material.

MANAV NIMSE