BAMBOO GRIDSHELLS

This highly illustrated text brings together two areas which have both grown in popularity in recent years: gridshells and bamboo.Ba mboo is a fast-growing, naturally available, renewable resource which is quite strong and lends itself to structural applications. I n this unique text, David Rockwood demonstrates the viability of bamboo as a building material and considers the advantages as wel l as the challenges of working with bamboo. Its properties, workability, connections, assembly, erection processes, structural beh avior, and...[Leer más]