Bamboo Prehensor for the developing countries

It is estimated that 25 million people around the world suffer from upper limb amputation. 82% of these amputees live in developing countries and usually find it difficult to provide for their families because they depend on physical labor. At first glance it would seem that the solution is simple, the use of a prosthesis. However currently...

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...

Sustainable value chains for bamboo working communities: Integrating the tenets of sustainability through the Rhizome Approach

There is a growing demand globally for products which impact sustainability positively. Bamboo fulfills these criteria, since it is a highly renewable timber replacement material which does not cause deforestation. It simultaneously has the potential to create livelihood opportunities for both the urban and rural poor. The eco-friendly potential...

Sustainable value chains for bamboo working communities: Integrating the tenets of sustainability through the Rhizome approach

There is a growing demand globally for products which impact sustainability positively. Bamboo fulfills these criteria, since it is a highly renewable timber replacement material which does not cause deforestation. It simultaneously has the potential to create livelihood opportunities for both the urban and rural poor. The eco-friendly potential...

Design of a Sustainable Bamboo Toy for Preschool Children

This project is performed for Tre Vang Company, a small scale bamboo factory in Vietnam, with the great love for the nature by producing bamboo products and creating employment with production of fair trade for the Western market. The market of bamboo products in Western market is gradually growing due to the increasing awareness of...

New Bamboo Product for the Western Market

An analysis and exploration of opportunities for the production of high value bamboo products by craftsmen for the Western market, using a new bamboo material.

Design of an Environmentally Friendly Bamboo Toy

Since the dawn of time, play has been a joyful and experience-oriented method of acquiring knowledge and skills. Toys and games have been an essential part of each and every human culture around the globe, accompanying us from birth to old-age, fulfilling different roles over the course of human life. In the same way, toys have had great effect...

Entering RDM

Central station for the RDM area, being energy neutral and made of materials

Bamboe als constuctief bouwmateriaal in Noordwest Europa

A sustainable, productive house for the lower income groups of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia

The main topic of my thesis is social sustainable housing in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. The thesis covers Architecture as well as Building technology specialisations. The Architectural focus of the project is community based developed, social, sustainable housing. With Building technology, a research into materials is done to ensure the...

Design interventions for stimulating bamboo commercialization - Dutch design meets bamboo as a replicable model

Materials have a considerable impact on the environmental sustainability of the products in which they are used. Due to the increasing population and consumption worldwide, more raw materials are consumed than can be produced globally, making especially resource depletion of both abiotic and biotic resources an urgent problem. Due to its good...