Live and Self-Paced Online Bamboo Courses
Learn from anywhere in the world. Video lessons, downloadable resources and a global bamboo community. Certificates on selected courses.
4 World-Class Bamboo Buildings Made Possible With Digital Tools
How algorithms turn your ideas into structures, and what tools you need.
Bamboo is irregular, tapered, and no two culms are alike. Most design software was built for none of that. This session shows you how digital tools bridge that gap, and what each one resolved on four real projects.
Save My Seat
Digital Design Course, Live Edition
Seven guided weeks with the Bamboo U and IBUKU team. Rhino, Grasshopper, V-Ray and the Adobe Creative Cloud, built for beginners.
The Principles of Bamboo Design
The fundamentals of designing with bamboo in your own context, through cinematic video lessons and downloadable resources.
Bamboo Carpentry & Construction
Step-by-step bamboo construction: joinery, structural systems and the site knowledge behind buildings that last.
Bamboo Treatment
Non-toxic, boron-based preservation. Why bamboo needs treating, and how to do it at small and medium scale.
Bamboo Harvesting
Sustainable harvesting and clump care, the first steps before you build anything.
Introduction to Bamboo Engineering
How bamboo's natural properties make it a structural material, and how engineers apply them. In collaboration with BASE Bahay.
Not sure where to start?
Every course stands on its own. Most people start online and come to Bali once they know what they want to build.