building construction with guadua angustifolia kunth in colombia

Building construction with Guaduaangustifolia Kunth in Colombia

International Workshop on Industrial and Commercial Development

of Non-Timber-Forest-Products (NTFPs) in a Sustainable Context

August 25 – September 13, 2015

Zhejiang, China

Bambú Turismo Verde Esmeralda SAS

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By

XIMENA LONDOÑO

COLOMBIAN BAMBOO SOCIETY

FORUM: BAMBOO – The important Green Material for construction in the 21st

COLOMBIA

Population: 46 millions

GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS (5)

Andean Region

Caribbean Region

Pacific Region

Eastern Savannas

Amazonian Region

NW South America country

TROPICAL

12º Latitude North

4º Latitude South

Area: 1,141,748 km2

GUADUA Endemic genus of America.

Ca. 40 spp.

Distribution: from México to Argentina, except Chile & Caribbean islands.

Stands out within the

Bambusoideae by virtue

of its:

• structural properties ca.

662 kg/cm2.

• rapid growth

• Sustainability

• Endurance

• Versatility

• Lightness

• Resistance

• Flexibility

• Hollowness and

• Easy handling and

visual warmth.

Guadua angustifolia Kunth

PRE

COLOMBIAN

TIME

CENTURIES

XIV & XV

CENTURIES XIX & XX

THE ERA OF BAHAREQUE

TAPIA: Thick stepped

earth walls.

ADOBE: Sun dried earth brick.

BAHAREQUE

A construction

technique, where a

wall assembly is

build using a

bamboo and wood

structure with

esterilla (flat

bamboo) as a walls

and plastered with

mud.

ESTERILLA

Bahareque

of mud

1- Mud Bahareque2- Wood Bahareque3- Metallic Bahareque4- Cement Bahareque

ALL THIS STRUCTURES ARE SISMIC ENERGY RELIEF

1 2 3 4

BAHAREQUES TYPE´S

Take from National University, Manizales

Bahareque of

woodMetallica's

Bahareque

Cement´s

Bahareque

HOLLOW MUD BAHAREQUE TYPE

Take from National University, Manizales. J. Muñoz

WOOD BAHAREQUE

Structural frame in wood

Take from National University, Manizales. J. Muñoz

METALLIC BAHAREQUE

Structural frame with wood

Take from National University, Manizales. J. Muñoz

CEMENT BAHAREQUE

Structural frame with wood or

bamboo

Take from National University, Manizales

CEMENT BAHAREQUE

ADVENTAGES

• Cultural sustainability: a tradition

system.

• Environmental sustainability: eco-

material

• Lighter: ideal for volcanic activities

places and steeped areas.

• More efficient as a seismic resisted

constructive system.

• More economic

• Lest risk of collapse

Bahareque de invasión – Manizales – Caldas

Earthquakes

and

Volcanic activity

1999earthquake

1999

LOW COST

HOUSING

Barrio Europeo

SIMÓN VÉLEZGuadua as a structural material

JOINTS OR CONECTIONS

NTC 5407 STRUCTURAL UNIONS WITH GUADUA ANGUSTIFOLIA KUNTH.

NTC 5407 STRUCTURAL UNIONS WITH GUADUA ANGUSTIFOLIA KUNTH

PUBLIC DESIGN – BUS TERMINAL CALI

WORKS FROM MARCELO VILLEGAS

MARCELO VILLEGAS

GUADUA ESTERILLA PANELS FACTORY

COFFEE HIGHWAY TOLLS

FERNANDO VARGAS WORKSLIGHT ROOF

WORKS FROM RAFAEL ROJAS

WORKS FROM FUNDEGUADUA – HECTOR F. SILVA & RAFAEL ROJAS

POPULAR CONSTRUCTIONS

GUADUA ANGUSTIFOLIA KUNTH IS AN

EXTRAORDINARY CONSTRUCTION

MATERIAL AND A REAL ALTERNATIVE FOR

HELPING TO SOLVE, IN A PRACTICAL AND

ECONOMIC WAY, THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS

CAUSED BY THE SHORTAGE OF HOUSING

IN MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

TO BUILD WITH BAMBOO/GUADUA IS A GOOD

ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE A STRONG ALLIANCE

HAVE TO BE DONE BETWEEN CONSTRUCTERS,

COMMERCIAL PEOPLE, FARMERS AND LABOR

FORCE.

USING BAMBOO FOR CONSTRUCTION IS USING

A NATIVE MATERIAL AND EMPLOYING A BIG

AMOUNT OF LOCAL PEOPLE.

XE XE!! – THANKS!!

Bambú Turismo Verde Esmeralda SAS

ximelondo@gmail.com

www.bambuturismo.com

www.facebook.com/elparaisodelbambuylaguadua_

COLOMBIAN BAMBOO SOCIETY

www.bambuguadua.org

sociedadcolombianadelbambu@gmail.com