Over the years, through projects such as the Green School and homes at the Green Village, bamboo has become an increasingly popular material in Bali, Indonesia. While design firms in Bali such as IBUKU have most often worked with bamboo in its round-pole form, advancements and testing in recent years are looking to increase the use of bamboo split beams in the realm of construction.
Bamboo split beams are structural members that have been made from bamboo that has been split lengthwise and layered. They are extremely versatile because they can be prefabricated to match specific aesthetic and engineering requirements. For example, designers can specify exact curves for the craftsmen to match in the prefabrication process. Similarly, the engineers can indicate the required dimensions of a structural member, based on that particular component's load-bearing capacity for the space being designed.
