Is Building With Bamboo the Housing Solution for Tropical Cities?

October 20th, 2016

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By: Citiscope

An indigenous building material common in the tropics, bamboo is often used to build huts in Asia and even in Latin America, especially in coastal communities. Bamboo has a tensile strength comparable with steel and concrete, without requiring extractive methods for production.

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