Using bamboo in traditional housing and modern architecture
Abstract
Bamboo has been very familiar with many generations of Vietnamese people. Besides its wide application as a useful tool in agricultural work, household appliances, and as defensive weapons, bamboo has also been used as a material in traditional housing in Vietnam. Nowadays, the exploitation and the over use of environmentally unfriendly materials in building construction have been affecting the natural environment, causing climate change. Therefore, within the scope of this article, the research of the usability of bamboo in traditional housing as well as in modern buildings in order to preserve and develop bamboo as a low-cost material, an easy planted, tree exploitation and construction material in buildings should be discussed. Several conventional research methods such as data collection, analysis, statistics, comparison, studies of historical experience and forecasting for a reconsideration of the values and usability of bamboo in traditional housing and modern architecture are introduced in the paper in order to accomplish the objectives to be set.
Keywords: Traditional housing, bamboo truss, bamboo bindings, modern bamboo building.
Received: October 3rd, 2017; revised: October 20th, 2017; accepted: November 2nd, 2017
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