Bamboo architecture and uses, big tops, furniture, installations
		Bamboo: why? This natural material has all the advantages that we need for the creation of stretched linen sheets. Description Bamboo makes part of the Graminaceae plants, therefore it is a giant herb!! It develops from rhizomes and reaches maturation between 4 and 5 years. It holds the record of growth in the vegetal world (up to 1 meter* per day for some species). It can be found particularly in Asia, South America and Africa.

The material The thatch (stalk) is composed of cellulose fibres, like a tree, but unlike wood, its long fibres contain lignin and silica. The hollow morphology of the bamboo, along with its knots spread all along the stalk, makes it laterally more resistant. Its longitudinal and vertical mechanical resistance is much more superior than steel's (resistance: 1 ton/square centimetre), it is supple, light and very flexible. Exposed to high temperatures, it can be easily bended and keeps its artificial shape without losing elasticity nor solidity: therefore, it is quite inflammable. It resists better than wood to solvability into water, it is rustproof, waterproof and cannot go rotten.   Environment Bamboo is a vegetal specie which is all at once beautiful, useful, and has a great ecological value: - Stabilisation of banks - Contains rivers in spate thanks to its interlaced roots - Avoids erosion - Protects from wind more efficiently than a standard hedge - Renewal of oxygen: 30 per cent superior to other trees - Allows to fight efficiently against deforestation Different ways to use it - Construction - Reinforced concrete made from bamboo - Polyester resin strengthened with bamboo - Plywood - Parquet floor - Furniture - Diverse items - Paper pulp - Medicine (against asthma and respiratory illnesses) - Food (a few species are eatable)

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