The Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beam and planks – Photographs of mock-ups
01/01/1969Photograph of real size mock-up of a composite bamboo/polyurethane foam plank, laid over a beam, with sand-sulphur topping on the planks to form the upper walking surface, accompanied by a detail section drawing.
It was exhibited at the Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo foam beams
1969
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 ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo foam planks
1969
The 2nd floor and roof structure are bamboo/polyurethane foam sandwitch planks laid over beams. The outer skin of the planks are made of 6cm bamboos and the core is two lbs. density polyurethane. A sand-sulfur topping is poured after planks ...
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