Engineered Bamboo in Europe: A Study into Practical Application of Moso Bamboo-Based Building Elements in European Architecture

Engineered Moso bamboo has favorable mechanical properties and shows great potential for large scale application in European architecture due to its high renewability. However, lack of standardization and coherence in test data trongly hinders its practical application. In this research paper, the practical application potential of Moso bamboo...

Resilient Living: A Housing Template for Kullu Valley

Resilient Living - A Housing Template for Kullu is part of a greater group graduation project called ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’. ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’ focuses on creating a framework for a resilient built environment that ensures social, economical and environmental sustainability is integrated and considered holistically in everyday...

Towards a Habitable Earth: Transitional Logistics: A New Transportation Template in The Kullu Valley

Manali, the second largest urban settlement in The Kullu Valley, is a major tourist destination in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The town is made up of two setlements, Old Manali and New Manali. The original settlement of Old Manali is located high in the hills above New Manali and has an urban morphology which<br/>has been built up slowly over...

Bamboo Pavilion: Construction and Lighting

This thesis describes the research done on the construction of a bamboo pavilion. The design made by SHAU, is based on a hyperbolic paraboloid or Hypar. The goal of the research was to develop a construction based on bamboo, traditional craftsmanship and a lattice structure with tensional elements providing strength and shade. This means that...