In its natural form, bamboo as a construction material is traditionally associated with the cultures of South Asia, East Asia and the South Pacific, to some extent in Central and South America, and by extension in the aesthetic of Tiki culture. In China and India, bamboo was used to hold up simple suspension bridges, either by making cables of split bamboo or twisting whole culms of sufficiently pliable bamboo together. One such bridge in the area of Qian-Xian is referenced in writings dating back to 960 AD and may have stood since as far back as the third century BC, due largely to continuous maintenance. Bamboo has also long been used as scaffolding; the practice has been banned in China for buildings over six stories, but is still in continuous use for skyscrapers in Hong Kong.[6] In the Philippines, the nipa hut is a fairly typical example of the most basic sort of housing where bamboo is used; the walls are split and woven bamboo, and bamboo slats and poles may be used as its support. In Japanese architecture, bamboo is used primarily as a supplemental and/or decorative element in buildings such as fencing, fountains, grates and gutters, largely due to the ready abundance of quality timber.

1. By
Sd.Salman
14L41A0129
Seminar
On
BAMBOO AS A BUILDING MATERIAL

2. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 GENERAL USES
 PROPERTIES
 THE WORKING OF BAMBOO
 PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO
 BAMBOO HOUSING
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
 Bamboo has a long and well-established tradition as a building
material through out the world’s tropical and sub-tropical
regions.
 It is widely used for many forms of construction, in particular
for housing in rural areas.
 Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource, characterized by
high strength and low weight, and is easily worked using
simple tools.

4. GENERAL USES
a) Soil stabilization, wind break, and urban wast water
treatment
b) The shoots are ediabl
c) Building and construction.
d) Small scale and cottage industries, for handicrafts and
other products.
e) New generation products as wood substitutes
f) Industrial products

5. Urban wast water
treatmeant

6. Shoots and ediable

7. PROPERTIES
 TENSILE STRENGTH
 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
 ELASTIC MODULUS
 ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES
 SHRINKAGE
 FIRE RESISTANCE

8. THE WORKING OF BAMBOO
 Splitting: The cane is split in halves and quarters and then
driven apart by a wedge. It can also be split with a knife frame
into four or eight segments .

9. Shaping
 Bamboo available in nature is usually circular in cross
section.

10. Bending
 Freshly cut, bamboo can be bent by heating and will keep this
shape after drying.
 When heated above 150° C, bamboo starts changing its shape
and remains as such after it goes cold.

11. PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO
 NON CHEMICAL METHODS OR TRADITIONAL
METHOD
 CHEMICAL METHODS

12. BAMBOO HOUSING
 The majority of bamboo construction relates to the rural
community needs in developing countries.
 As such domestic housing predominates and in accordance
with their rural origins, these buildings are often simple in
design and construction relying on a living tradition of local
skills and methods.

13. ADVANTAGES OF BAMBOO
 The various advantages of bamboo are mentioned
below.
1) Light, strong, vversatile
)2)Environment friendly.
3) Accessible to the poor.
4) Self renewing resource
5) Fast ggrowing.
6) Highly productive.

14. DISADVANTAGES OF BAMBOO
 The major disadvantages of bamboo are as follows:
1) Requires preservation
2) Shaped by nature
3) Jointing- although many jointing techniques exist, their
structural efficiency is low.
4) Lack of design guidance and codes.
5) Prone to catch fire very fast by the friction among the
culms during wind, and is seen to cause forest fires.

15. CONCLUSION
 Since time immemorial, bamboo has played an important role
in the development of mankind.
 It is used for a wide range of day-to-day purposes, both as a
woody material and as food.
 It has been the backbone of much of the world’s rural life and
will remain so as the population increases.

16. Thanks