tailieunhanh - Using bamboo in traditional housing and modern architecture

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. | RESEARCH RESULTS AND APPLICATIONS USING BAMBOO IN TRADITIONAL HOUSING AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE Nguyen Dinh Thi1 Pham Thi Hai Ha2 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 1. The values of bamboo Bamboo has been important to Vietnamese farmers for centuries. Bamboo is always highly appreciated and widely used as tools for work household appliances decorative items a building material and defensive weapons. Bamboo trees are grown along river dykes to reduce erosion landslide and inundation. Bamboo trees are put around villages to protect villagers Fig. 1 . Bamboo trees can also be seen in the gardens of traditional country houses they are planted into thick bamboo fences to mark the borderlines of the farmers plots of land or planned on the west side of a precinct to shelter the main house from solar .