Building with bamboo plywood?

Question

I working on a design project and want to use bamboo plywood as my building material. The concept is temporary emergency relief housing... but with a 'green' design.

Does anyone know much about bamboo plywood?

Answer 1

tropical softwood not good for global warming, use recycled polymers for your design.

Answer 2

i don't know much about bamboo plywood other than present day bamboo is grown  as a crop in farm fields in the states and they are trying the same in Canada as it is very fast growing and needs little in the way typical farm crops like fertilizers and herbicides.as said the flooring is great so I imagine the plywood would be just as nice.Better to use farm grown bamboo that the clear cutting of forests the bamboo is a much better choice and if more people use the farm grown it will save the natural forests and bring the price down

Answer 3

Go to the www.wikipedia.com

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                 www.tradeindia.com/selloffer/1350496/Bam...

Answer 4

No, but I'm a Giant Panda fan so I say save the Giant Pandas before saving your kitchen

Answer 5

Bamboo is expensive but oh it sure is beautiful!! I have only ever seen it used for interior flooring and WOW!!

Answer 6

Most bamboo is grown on farm fields created by slash and burn of native forests in Southeast Asia.  The short crop rotation leads many to believe it is a greener material than wood, but further investigation shows it is anything but.  Bamboo is grown with little or no environmental regulations, unlike commercial woods in the United States and Canada which end up in plywood and OSB.  Furthermore, bamboo is very prone to splitting and will be difficult to work with as a sheathing material.  I would offer the opinion that a temporary structure is not green unless it will be reused or disassembled into components for reuse.  Here is a good link for more info: http://www.dovetailinc.org/DovetailBambo...