bamboo "vegetal steel"

okay i know it getting pushed by Velez as a replacement for timber and steel.

but with loads of a tonne at least, due to 20kg lights, yes i checked, theres nothing smaller than 15kgs, and fly system, i had to use steel for some beams to take the pressure off.
still used bamboo beams everywhere else though.

i worked out about 20 lights a bar and 12 bars along a beam. and what with the failure point of bamboo beams being underside of the beam, i didnt think it was safe to use a relatively unknown system to carry high loads over childrens heads.

but for those interested...
http://www.aol.com.au/lifestyle/story/Vegetal-steel-bamboo-as-eco-friendly-building-material/113171/index.html

http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/bamboo.htm

http://www.bamboodirect.com.au/

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/bamboo.htm

http://www.bamboocompetition.com/

solar studies - vernal equinox, hall between two structures

LAMINATED BAMBOO VENEER BEAMS

laminated bamboo beam profiles

www.buildinggreentv.com/keywords/foundation/3114

Im looking at having all the lightweight cladding in bamboo for my design.

yes i may as well give up, i'm the 'bamboo lady':) no fighting it .

so seeing as thats the case, i thought i would use as much bamboo in the design as possible

including the beams for floors and roofs.

The roofs are splaying out from the lightwell, giving the building the look of a flower from above, but it also reduces the height of the building, the pedestrian bulk so to speak.which makes the scale of the buiolding more comfortable.

the angle odf the roofs is to maximise light and space in the north half and increaswe seating space in the auditorium.

MASTERCLASS

well that was moderatly helpful

the lecture from nick peirce was inspiring, i would have liked to talk longer with him or have him look at my project.

we had nobody come and sit with us at the tute sessions
i had to go find someone
and by that time Pete Wollard was free.
so instead of picking the brain of an engineer, like i needed.
we had Peter discuss the masterplan, and the others designs, saying they shouldnt have skillion roofs, and we need to limit our material palette, and looking at our form.
i'm happy with my form.

i'm up to trying to get more ESD in my design.

hooray for bruises!!!

i came 4th in the PanPAcific Brazilian Jiujitsu Championships.

it was on last saturday.
i was nervous all week
and almost fell asleep from adrenelin just before my first match.
after the first bout my stomach ached!
after the second i wanted to go again!

I may have been beaten by a victorian and a queenslander, but i acheived what i wanted to acheive.

and i'm still admring the bruise i got on my chest from my opponents fist.

marks for PODHIVE

well got a D for the assignment, so i'm chuffed.:):)

bearing in mind that we could have shown more, and they were considered, just not put in the video.
there was a comment about it being "good to see some bamboo in the design terri"

i'm wondering why its good for me? am i now the resident bamboophile, bamboo expert, or something?

While i ran off with the 1:1 and tried bamboo for 2 years with furniture design, and i like it still. i dont like being pigeonholed so early.

arrrrgh!!

Never thought work and computer graphics would make me so tired.

i seem to have lost track of my mp3 player.

i'm hoping i left it at work, otherwise......

i lost it on the tram. or someone stole it.

and it had all my data files on it too. For Uni.

i think i'll have to start multiple saving. a copy in transit, a copy at uni, a copy at home, a copy at work.... just in case.

from its reputation you wouldnt expect geelong to be safer, but...there you go...Melbourne, for all that i like it...sucks!!
or at least some people do.