A HISTORY OF BAMBOO BRIDGES

MARK EMERY (B.Larch)

Bamboo Catamarans and rafts Pioneering the world 60,000 years?

1250 Species of Bamboo

China

Ecuador

Peru

Cambodia

Indonesia

Colombia

Burma

Leonardo da Vincis Military Bridges probably inspired by Marco Polo

Made from Bamboo

BASIC STATIC CONCEPTS FOR BRIDGES

Post and Beam

King and double King trusses

Simple truss

Combination trusses

The traditional revived

As strong as steel?

Treatment

HOWE TRUSS- Santa fe de Antioquia- Jorg Stamm

ARCH BRIDGE -Jenny Garzon - Simon Velez

KING TRUSS- Brazil

SPACE FRAME

SUSPENSION BRIDGES

CCUTA, COLOMBIA

KOH KOOD, THAILAND

the matrix

bending

erection - ccuta

erection - koh kood

42m ridge beam section

joinery

INDIA

PHILPIPPINES

Community Significance

COLOMBIA

THAILAND

Mark Emery
www.bambooroo.net

mark@bambooroo.net

Photographic References Photos: 3, 6, 10, 11, 23, 24 scanned from: Informationsdienst Holz, Germany, see bibliography Photo 9: scanned form : IL31 , Stuttgart, see bibliography Photo 11: scanned from : Guadua, Marcelo Villegas, see bibliography Photo 14: John Hardy, Bali, courtesy Render: Arq. Eladio Valdenebro, Popayan, courtesy The other photos are from the author. Photos: 3, 6, 10, 11, 23, 24 scanned from: Informationsdienst Holz, Germany, see bibliography Photo 9: scanned form : IL31 , Stuttgart, see bibliography Photo 11: scanned from : Guadua, Marcelo Villegas, see bibliography Photo 14: John Hardy, Bali, courtesy Render: Arq. Eladio Valdenebro, Popayan, courtesy The other photos are from the author. Bibliography Dunkelberg, K: Bambus als Baustoff, Institute for Light weight structues. IL 31, Stuttgart 1987. Engel Heino: Tragsysteme - Structure Systems, ISBN 978-3-7757-1876-9, Germany 1997. Engelhardt, Th. 1900: Biblioteca Uni Hannover, Reprint ISBN 3-88746-019-7, Hannover 1982. Frhwald, A.: Holz-Rohstoff der Zukunft, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997. Hidalgo, L. Oscar: Bamboo - The Gift of the gods. ISBN 958-33-4298-x, Bogot, 2003. Janssen, J.A: Designing and Building with Bamboo. Inbar Techn. Rep. No 20. Beijing 2000. Liese, W: The Anatomy of Bamboo Culms. Inbar, ISBN 81-86247 -26-2, Beijing 1998. Liese, W: Bamboo Preservation Compendium. Inbar, ISBN 81-901808-0-0, Beijing 2003. Londoo, X.: Characterizatin of the anatmy of guadua angustifolia culms, Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. American Bamboo Society, 2002. Riao, Londoo: Plant growth and biomass distribution on Guadua angustifolia. Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. ABS, 2002. Takeuchi, C: Studies on the structural behavior of Guadua angustifolia. Conference paper at Int. Bamboo Symposium at Guayaquil, 2000. Vlez, S.: Grow Your own House, ZERI-VITRA, 2000. Villegas, M.: Bambusa guadua, Villegas editores, 1996. Wegener, G.: kobilanzen, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997. Dunkelberg, K: Bambus als Baustoff, Institute for Light weight structues. IL 31, Stuttgart 1987. Engel Heino: Tragsysteme - Structure Systems, ISBN 978-3-7757-1876-9, Germany 1997. Engelhardt, Th. 1900: Biblioteca Uni Hannover, Reprint ISBN 3-88746-019-7, Hannover 1982. Frhwald, A.: Holz-Rohstoff der Zukunft, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997. Hidalgo, L. Oscar: Bamboo - The Gift of the gods. ISBN 958-33-4298-x, Bogot, 2003. Janssen, J.A: Designing and Building with Bamboo. Inbar Techn. Rep. No 20. Beijing 2000. Liese, W: The Anatomy of Bamboo Culms. Inbar, ISBN 81-86247 -26-2, Beijing 1998. Liese, W: Bamboo Preservation Compendium. Inbar, ISBN 81-901808-0-0, Beijing 2003. Londoo, X.: Characterizatin of the anatmy of guadua angustifolia culms, Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. American Bamboo Society, 2002. Riao, Londoo: Plant growth and biomass distribution on Guadua angustifolia. Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. ABS, 2002. Takeuchi, C: Studies on the structural behavior of Guadua angustifolia. Conference paper at Int. Bamboo Symposium at Guayaquil, 2000. Vlez, S.: Grow Your own House, ZERI-VITRA, 2000. Villegas, M.: Bambusa guadua, Villegas editores, 1996. Wegener, G.: kobilanzen, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997.