Meor Razali, Meor Abdullah Zaidi and Mohamad, Sapura and Lee, L. Y. and Abd. Rashid, Mohd. Sabrizaa and Othman, Ahmad Mazlan (2023) Exploring bundle bamboo split technique in bending dendrocalamus asper for landscape structure. In: International Graduate Conference of Built Environment and Surveying 2023, GBES 2023, 17 September 2023 - 18 September 2023, Hybrid, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1274/1/012043
Abstract
Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing natural construction materials and is locally available in most developing countries, including South America, Africa, and Asia. Bamboo is a "green gold"plant in the tropical forest. It is a fast-growing monocotyledon species belonging to the Gramineae family (Bambusoideae) and requires a short time for re-production. Bamboo's physical strength provides builders from ancient times until today an opportunity to use bamboo as a natural and sustainable construction material for building houses and structures. Due to its capability to bend, bamboo is the most preferred material in vernacular construction and lately in Southeast Asia countries which borne new trend in building design. The built-environment professionals, namely landscape architects, architects, and engineers in Malaysia, still lack knowledge of bamboo, especially on bending capabilities, as one of the sustainable construction materials. Less concern was given to researching the capabilities of bamboo's ability to bend, even though its strength is more than steel and provides various design opportunities compared to other sustainable materials. Different types of bamboo present different strength capacities. Therefore, the aims of this research is to compare and determine their strength capacity, bending criteria and species suitability for design and construction in Malaysia. This paper collects published literature on experimental studies on the different methods of Hot and Cold Bending Methods which allow bamboo to bend to suit designer needs and concentrate on Malaysian Dendrocalamus asper (Buluh Betung), which considered as tough and durable species, as the primary construction material for landscape structures. Bundle Bamboo Split (BBS), identified as one of the bending techniques adopted for an experimental project, using BBS of 0.8m radius, produces a prototype for a landscape structure. The findings indicate observation of works by a team of craftsmen trained by an expert in bamboo construction who used to produce bamboo structures from Bali, Indonesia, highlighted tools and procedures in bamboo construction. In short, this paper will also enhance the use of bamboo as an accessible, durable, creative and sustainable construction material that represents the local identity of Tropical Malaysia Landscape Architecture.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bundle Bamboo Split (BBS), Malaysian Dendrocalamus asper, bamboo construction |
Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture > SB469-476 Landcsape architecture |
Divisions: | Built Environment |
ID Code: | 107738 |
Deposited By: | Yanti Mohd Shah |
Deposited On: | 29 Sep 2024 06:31 |
Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2024 06:31 |
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