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 sustainability and constructability of the design. With it a research and some experiments into jointing of bamboo stems is done. Additionally, the history thesis is added, which gives an overview on the urban development of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.