We’ve taken everything we’ve learnt from over 10 years of building 100+ bamboo structures, and packaged our learning and expertise into a 10 module course, to save you the pain of our mistakes and to help you design and build long lasting, beautiful bamboo structures.
Our experience has lead to some of the most extraordinary bamboo structures in the world and we are handing over many of our trade secrets to you!
We’ve taken everything we’ve learnt from over 15 years of building 100+ bamboo structures, and packaged our learning and expertise into an in-depth, 10 module course, to save you the pain of our mistakes and to help you design and build long lasting, beautiful bamboo structures.

THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO BUILD WITH BAMBOO
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step-by-step guides
and PDFs

MEET BAMBOO EXPERTS LIVE
interact with an international line-up of bamboo experts in a series of live webinars

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COURSE CONTENT

Course Overview The Story of Bamboo Meet the Facilitators & Students

Bamboo in the Big Picture
Bamboo as a Sustainable Material
Bamboo as a Round Pole
Bamboo Products & Manufacturing

Bamboo Taxonomy
Important Bamboo Species
Bamboo Anatomy

Bamboo Forestry
Sustainable Bamboo Harvesting and Coding
How to Plant and Propagate Bamboo

Borax-boric Acid Preservative
Preparing the Treatment Solution
Treating Bamboo using the VSD method

Why use Bamboo Models?
The Model Making Process
Model Making Materials and Techniques
Making a Bamboo Model Step-by-Step

Designing Beautiful Bamboo structures
Nature Design and The Built Environment
The Design of Bambu Indah's Riverbend House

Bamboo Composition and Structure
Bamboo Pole Selection
Engineering for Bamboo
Setting up a Bamboo Test

Bamboo Craftmanship
Making a Bamboo Peg
Making a Fish Mouth Joint
Making a Hole Joint
Joining Bamboo with Bolts

Traditional Bamboo Processing
Bamboo Processing Using Power tools

Understanding Bamboo Structural Systems: from Site Preparation to Roof Material Selections

Course Review and Key Takeaways
Certificate of Completion

The course is thoroughly organized with a selection of instructors and speakers that are best in the field. The engagement the core team retains is impressive.
It is as close as live learning as it could get!
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EXCLUSIVE access to our team on the Online Learning Platform and Bamboo U Community Platform
18 Illustrated, How-To PDF Guides
Live Sessions with Bamboo Experts
Expert Feedback
Certificate of Completion

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