Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo foam beams

1969
Construction System, Bamboo Foam Beam & Plank
Boxed beams rectangular in section, 20 cm wide, 40 cm deep and 5 meters long, made of 6cm bamboos, placed over plywood templates, with a core of poly-urethane fire-retardant foam, foamed in place. The bamboos are pinned and spot glued together at 50cm intervals, with epoxy glue and wooden dowels.
Created by:
Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel
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