Personal tools
You are here: Home → Courses → [incubating] Bamboo: An alternative material for the future

[incubating] Bamboo: An alternative material for the future

by Munir — last modified 2007-01-22 12:29
The purpose of the course is to educate students about the potential of bamboo as an alternative material for various products, furniture and architecture. The course is divided in two sections the first section will be theoretical and will give an understanding on various aspects of bamboo as a plant, its treatment and various uses. The second section will be design oriented and will elaborate on various aspects of using bamboo for construction. At the end of the course students will have to design a small project.
Available resources
Course type Lecture
Instructor Munir Vahanvati
Time Sunday, 11:00–13:00
Recurrence weekly from 2007-02-04 until 2007-06-04
First session 2007-02-04 02:00
Location Sydney
Enrollment limit 70

Course objectives:

  • To understand the properties of bamboo as an alternative material

  • To look at various uses of bamboo in the past and the present

  • To study the ways in which bamboo can be utilised for architecture

  • To develop a design system suitable for bamboo