{"id":8651,"date":"2022-06-08T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambu-arquitectura.net\/?page_id=8651"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:49:36","slug":"metodo-de-construccion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bambu-arquitectura.net\/en\/metodo-de-construccion\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Method"},"content":{"rendered":"
Method Development<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Since 2010, engineer Lucas Kremer, founder of Bamb\u00fa Arquitectura, has been designing and building structures using bamboo (Guadua angustifolia). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010, Lucas Kremer designed a 4-story building with 6 apartments in Rio de Janeiro, made of bamboo and laminated bamboo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2016 a strong earthquake shook Ecuador. Many people in the coastal zone of Ecuador lost their houses, made of concrete and blocks. These structures did not resist the forces of the earthquake. Bamboo structures resisted these great forces of nature much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, Lucas Kremer designed 12 bamboo houses for families in the Libertador Bol\u00edvar district who had lost their homes. The victims had to build their new bamboo house under my supervision. They had no experience with bamboo, so the construction had to be simple enough for inexperienced people to do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design had a reinforced concrete foundation, a bamboo structure, cane walls partially plastered on the inner side, galvanized steel plates for the roofs. The houses were 42 m2, with a living room\/kitchen\/dining room, 1 bathroom and 2 or 3 bedrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people were able to do the work and build their new house under the supervision of engineer Lucas Kremer. Most families had someone working as a bricklayer, carpenter, or craftsman. These families were able to build their bamboo houses. Families without a bricklayer, carpenter, or craftsman had difficulty building their new house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing the structure in 3D<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The design for the bamboo structure was computer-generated. It was a highly symmetrical design with 1-meter repeat measurements for the position of the structure's poles. These measurements correspond with the foundation reinforcement measurements to facilitate locating the anchors for the bamboo columns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Structural bolted joints<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

For the structural part of the house, engineer Lucas Kremer didn't want to use homemade joints (he had doubts about the structural quality of these joints, and they're difficult to make). He only wanted to use joints made with threaded rods, rings, and nuts (better structural quality, easier to make). The structural bolts are set to fixed measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bamboo cutting scheme<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

For each house, Lucas Kremer had 85 seasoned reeds available. Initially, the workers began by cutting only the components for one part of the structure. Working this way generates a lot of waste. The first house used 25% more reeds than were available for each house. He needed to find a more efficient way to avoid problems with the other houses. The design generated a list of all the structural components, with exact measurements including the cutting angles. Engineer Lucas Kremer created a cutting diagram to fit all the components from the 85 available reeds. The cutting diagram worked. We were able to reduce waste and were able to build the following structures from 85 reeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation work did not cause any problems. People used to work with concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No nails<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

People wanted to use common building practices with concrete and blocks for the bamboo structure. But:<\/p>\n\n\n\n