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 Vinci’s 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

CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA KOH KOOD, THAILAND

the matrix
bending
erection - cúcuta
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.

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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.
Frühwald, A.: Holz-Rohstoff der Zukunft, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997.
Hidalgo, L. Oscar: Bamboo - The Gift of the gods. ISBN 958-33-4298-x, Bogotá, 2003.
Janssen, J.A: Designing and Building with Bamboo. Inbar Techn. Rep. No 20. Beijing 2000.
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Liese, W: Bamboo Preservation Compendium. Inbar, ISBN 81-901808-0-0, Beijing 2003.
Londoño, X.: Characterizatión of the anatómy of guadua angustifolia culms, Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. American Bamboo Society,
2002.
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Takeuchi, C: Studies on the structural behavior of Guadua angustifolia. Conference paper at Int. Bamboo Symposium at Guayaquil, 2000.
Vélez, S.: Grow Your own House, ZERI-VITRA, 2000.
Villegas, M.: Bambusa guadua, Villegas editores, 1996.
Wegener, G.: Ökobilanzen, 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.
Frühwald, A.: Holz-Rohstoff der Zukunft, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997.
Hidalgo, L. Oscar: Bamboo - The Gift of the gods. ISBN 958-33-4298-x, Bogotá, 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.
Londoño, X.: Characterizatión of the anatómy of guadua angustifolia culms, Bamboo Science and Culture, Vol. 16. American Bamboo Society,
2002.
Riaño, Londoño: 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.
Vélez, S.: Grow Your own House, ZERI-VITRA, 2000.
Villegas, M.: Bambusa guadua, Villegas editores, 1996.
Wegener, G.: Ökobilanzen, Informationsdienst Holz, Alemania, 1997.