Stephane Schroder

Mobile Bamboo Theatre in the Netherlands Built with High-Performance Guadua Bamboo

14 July 2017

In 2017, Guadua Bamboo SAS collaborated with the specialist team now operating as Masters of Bamboo to supply the structural backbone for the Mobile Bamboo Theatre in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Dutch foundation Stichting Kunstklank, the project was designed by Studio Akkerhuis and engineered by Tentech. This modular project remains a pioneering benchmark for bio-based construction and high-efficiency logistics. While the grandstand utilized Tonkin […]

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Guadua Bamboo Car Park Amsterdam

24 February 2015

This impressive Guadua Bamboo Car Park at the Slotervaart Medical Center in Amsterdam is the second of its kind but the largest that has been built up until now. The multi-storey car park has 5 levels, a total surface area of 3200 m2 and can currently accommodate nearly 1200 cars. In coming years the project will be further expanded with additional and similar structures.

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Bamboo Cladding, Netherlands, Parking Structures

Gigantochloa, Species

Gigantochloa atroviolacea

3 December 2014

Gigantochloa atroviolacea, also known as Java Black Bamboo or Tropical Black Bamboo, is a dense tropical clumping bamboo native to Java, Indonesia. This bamboo species prefers to grow in dry areas where the purplish black color of its culms becomes more prominent.

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Asian Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo, Gigantochloa, Tropical Bamboo

Construction, Treatment

How Durable is Bamboo?

30 November 2014

Without any protective treatment, most bamboo species have an average natural durability of less than 2 years. Stored under cover, untreated bamboo may last 4-7 years.

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Bamboo Preservation

Taxonomy

American Bamboo Species

9 November 2014

Contrary to what many believe, bamboo doesn’t originate from Asian countries alone, it is also abundant and native in America. In fact the world’s strongest bamboo is American.

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American Bamboo

Cultivation

What is Guadua angustifolia?

9 November 2014

For centuries bamboo has been used in everyday life and in many different cultures throughout the world. A gigantic and extraordinary type, known as Guadua angustifolia ‘Kunth’, is considered one of the best bamboo species for commercial farming. In 1822, the German botanist Kunth described Guadua as a genus segregated from the Asian one, Bambusa. Kunth used

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Guadua

Construction, Techniques

Bamboo Lashing Manual

15 October 2014

Bamboo is one of the most useful plants as it can be used to make houses, traps, cages, furniture, tools, weapons, bridges, rafts, towers, fences, water wheels, irrigation pipes, and thousands of other items. The challenge however, is learning how to connect those bamboo canes.

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Bamboo Joinery, Bamboo Lashing

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Guadua Bamboo Parking Garage The Hague

15 October 2014

The Guadua Bamboo Parking Garage in the Hague is the first of several upcoming projects in The Netherlands. With 7 levels it can provide parking space for around 250 vehicles. The entire facade is covered with Guadua angustifolia poles imported from Colombia.

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Bamboo Cladding, Netherlands, Parking Structures

Uses

Corrugated Bamboo Roofing Sheets

26 June 2014

An Untapped Opportunity for Latin America Imagine if all Central and South American homes, offices and sheds would use corrugated roofs made from bamboo instead of metal or plastic, and imagine if all these roofs were produced from locally available native bamboo forests and plantations… Anybody who is familiar with Latin America knows that almost

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Bamboo Products, Bamboo Roof

Construction, Techniques

How to Split Bamboo Poles

25 September 2013

Splitting bamboo poles, is another basic technique when working with bamboo. Split bamboo is often used in bamboo fences, wall decoration, furniture, etc. The applications are endless and it basically all depends on your own creativity.

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Bamboo Splitting

Construction, Techniques

How to Bend Bamboo Poles

24 September 2013

Bending bamboo, isn’t that difficult. In case of freshly cut, green bamboo you could even dry bamboo in a mold to adjust the shape, or by applying heat. However, once dry, bamboo cannot be bend anymore (in a permanent lasting shape that is), unless you apply a special technique that we explain in this article!

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Bamboo Bending

Uses

Bamboo Cables

17 January 2013

Marco Polo was the first to reveal the domestic value and importance of bamboo to the Western World trough his historic travels in Asia. Among many other discoveries, he described how the Chinese used and manufactured bamboo cables for towing boats. In fact, engineers experimenting for the Whangpoo Conservancy Board found out that these twisted and plaited bamboo cables

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Bamboo Products

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