Comments on: Bamboo, The New Superman http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/ The Authority on Bamboo: brought to you by Green Earth Bamboo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bamboo & Sustainable Architecture: Building A Better Future http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Bamboo & Sustainable Architecture: Building A Better Future Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:34 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-530 [...] Colombian architect for over forty years, Velez is the most well-known proponent of bamboo as an elemental building component.  Bamboo is a common [...] [...] Colombian architect for over forty years, Velez is the most well-known proponent of bamboo as an elemental building component.  Bamboo is a common [...]

]]> By: Wondergrass http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Wondergrass Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:37:38 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-407 The ability for bamboo to house people is the most important part. As resources get thin, and more and more people populated this earth, accumulating enough housing materials will be daunting. The amazing thing about bamboo is that it absorbs more carbon then trees and grows faster. We are currently undergoing a design to build the rural home for India out of bamboo. Our website is wondergrass.blogspot.com please check us out, we welcome input from all fields, and would love to collaborate with people who believe in the future of bamboo. The ability for bamboo to house people is the most important part. As resources get thin, and more and more people populated this earth, accumulating enough housing materials will be daunting. The amazing thing about bamboo is that it absorbs more carbon then trees and grows faster. We are currently undergoing a design to build the rural home for India out of bamboo. Our website is wondergrass.blogspot.com please check us out, we welcome input from all fields, and would love to collaborate with people who believe in the future of bamboo.

]]> By: Amy http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Amy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:26:03 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-96 Hey Corey - In traditional Asian culture, bamboo symbolizes characters of gentlemanlike, straightforwardness, hard working, optimism, unity and adaptableness. In feng shui, bamboo is considered to be the element of longevity. After reading your article, all of these sounds true...no wonder why bamboo is the new superman! Those old folks certainly knew a bit about what they were doing! :) Props - Awesome information~ Hey Corey – In traditional Asian culture, bamboo symbolizes characters of gentlemanlike, straightforwardness, hard working, optimism, unity and adaptableness. In feng shui, bamboo is considered to be the element of longevity.

After reading your article, all of these sounds true…no wonder why bamboo is the new superman!
Those old folks certainly knew a bit about what they were doing! :)

Props – Awesome information~

]]> By: Will Pierson http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Will Pierson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:04:52 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-94 Thanks for allowing my comments. Just a note, Oscars Book is," Bamboo , The Gift Of The Gods", an interpretation of the indigenous translation for the word Guadua. Preservation and stability with non toxic materials is a huge topic in the bamboo world, it is a whole other posting and a half. Great Discussion! Thanks p.s. Bahareque is the correct spelling of that word, sorry Thanks for allowing my comments. Just a note, Oscars Book is,” Bamboo , The Gift Of The Gods”, an interpretation of the indigenous translation for the word Guadua. Preservation and stability with non toxic materials is a huge topic in the bamboo world, it is a whole other posting and a half. Great Discussion! Thanks
p.s. Bahareque is the correct spelling of that word, sorry

]]> By: Jonathan Scherch http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Jonathan Scherch Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:09:00 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-92 Nice story! Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Seattle. Nice story! Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Seattle.

]]> By: Corey Lynn http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Corey Lynn Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:18:18 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-91 More great information from Ran at www.bamboocenter.net. Thanks so much for sharing this info and letting people know about this book! More great information from Ran at http://www.bamboocenter.net. Thanks so much for sharing this info and letting people know about this book!

]]> By: Ran Lichtner http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Ran Lichtner Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:22:32 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-90 Simon Velez and Marcelo Villegas are the contemporary heroes of the bamboo revolution, and they deserve all the respect. There are few others who were done tremendous contribution to bring bamboo building to the level it reached. To chose one name: Oscar Hidalgo Lopez who teaches for so many years how to do it with bamboo. He wrote the new bible: "Bamboo- the plant of the gods", a must book for anyone who works with this plant. Still, there's a lot more to do in terms of making bamboo a standard building material. Preservation and joinery methods are the main issues. Simon Velez and Marcelo Villegas are the contemporary heroes of the bamboo revolution, and they deserve all the respect.
There are few others who were done tremendous contribution to bring bamboo building to the level it reached. To chose one name: Oscar Hidalgo Lopez who teaches for so many years how to do it with bamboo. He wrote the new bible: “Bamboo- the plant of the gods”, a must book for anyone who works with this plant.
Still, there’s a lot more to do in terms of making bamboo a standard building material. Preservation and joinery methods are the main issues.

]]> By: Corey Lynn http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Corey Lynn Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:45:06 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-88 Excellent information Will! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I also took a peek at your website and you offer wonderful bamboo building materials and structures. So for those of you interested, check out www.koolbamboo.com. Thanks Will! Excellent information Will! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I also took a peek at your website and you offer wonderful bamboo building materials and structures. So for those of you interested, check out http://www.koolbamboo.com.

Thanks Will!

]]> By: Will Pierson http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/20091004/bamboo-marvels/bamboo-the-new-superman/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Will Pierson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:03:04 +0000 http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/?p=338#comment-87 Simon Velez and his good Friend Builder Inventor author Marcelo Villegas, started the bamboo building revolution in modern terms . They have over 500 structures to their credit. It began because of a serious earth quake in The Coffee Region in Colombia the epicenter being Armenia. It was discovered there that many of the steel concrete reinforced structures failed and the ancient edifices built out of bamboo and survived. Many of the structures that survived were built in the turn of the century with a system called "Bhareque". Guadua Bamboo poles are used as the frame work and crushed bamboo sheets were used in place of lath. The walls are then covered with a natural plaster which is responsible for their longevity. "A bamboo structure needs a hat an shoes " only when bamboo is protected from the elements will survive so bamboo has to be used with caution. The 20 structures in Costa Rica were not built there coincidental they were built as a result of Costa Rican program for the creation of low income housing, and new incentives to plant the non native Guadua Angustifoila from Colombia and Guadua Atlantica as a result of data from several universities and Simon Velez and Marcelo Villegas successful work. Simon Velez and his good Friend Builder Inventor author Marcelo Villegas, started the bamboo building revolution in modern terms . They have over 500 structures to their credit. It began because of a serious earth quake in The Coffee Region in Colombia the epicenter being Armenia. It was discovered there that many of the steel concrete reinforced structures failed and the ancient edifices built out of bamboo and survived. Many of the structures that survived were built in the turn of the century with a system called “Bhareque”. Guadua Bamboo poles are used as the frame work and crushed bamboo sheets were used in place of lath. The walls are then covered with a natural plaster which is responsible for their longevity. “A bamboo structure needs a hat an shoes ” only when bamboo is protected from the elements will survive so bamboo has to be used with caution. The 20 structures in Costa Rica were not built there coincidental they were built as a result of Costa Rican program for the creation of low income housing, and new incentives to plant the non native Guadua Angustifoila from Colombia and Guadua Atlantica as a result of data from several universities and Simon Velez and Marcelo Villegas successful work.

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