Do Bamboo - UGent students build full-scale bamboo spatial structure
(10-04-2022) Students from Ghent University and a number of talented young people from Sinaai, led by Professor Jan Belis, put their best talents together on the Ter Beke site. 💪
The 15m diameter reciprocal frame structure was built in Sinaai (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) and will be used by the local youth to host a summer bar and a variety of pop-up events. Bamboo is a renewable building material with a low ecological footprint 
and a significant strength, and is therefore actively investigated at the Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory.
The project, 'Do Bamboo', is also supported by Stad Sint-Niklaas, engineering office SBE and the International Association for Structures and Architecture (IASA).
Video coverage can be found at: Levensgrote koepel uit bamboe aan jeugdhuis in Sinaai - TVOOST.
Discover more via: https://www.sint-niklaas.be/.../ingenieurs-architecten-en...
DEPARTMENT OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING MATERIALS
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