Guadua Bamboo

Bamboothe Tradition of the Future is a survey of the uses of bamboo in contemporary architecture. The film shows the opportunities for using bamboo in modern d...esign and also illustrates the challenges the material faces. The film invites us to meet some of the most interesting ‘bamboo whisperers’ of today: architects and designers who have developed unique and thought-provoking solutions using bamboo as a material for the future. With a growth rate of up to a meter/daythe world record of living plantsand structural properties equal to that of steel and concrete, bamboo is a versatile design material and an interesting alternative in the contemporary material/sustainability discourse. Over 1,250 species are known, varying from small to giant. Bamboo is found in varied biotopescold mountains, hot tropics, and arid deserts. Furthermore, bamboo is a good alternative to facilitate biological carbon sequestration. Bamboo’s fast-growing attribute makes it a very useful resource to capture and sequester atmospheric carbon and consequently mitigate climate change, in a similar way that tree does. The unique growing capacity makes bamboo a valuable sink for carbon storage. Bamboo, in spite of its many advantages, has long-standing difficulties in gaining serious momentum and awareness in mainstream design practices. The small-scale nature and the peripheral cultural and geographic position of the bamboo industry has made it hard for bamboo to make its voice heard. The knowledge of bamboo is today mostly concentrated in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Dr. Campbell Drake says Architects from the developing world are leading the industry in terms of innovation, but it would be great to see it being exported to other parts of the world . This is echoed by the bamboo pioneer Dr. Cristof Crolla who notes that Some of the knowledge, some of the drives that they [places outside the trendsetting metropolises] put on the table can be exported back into the west as well . And what is true for architecture is equally true for the design of daily objects. The film has won several awards: Independent Short Awards, Los Angeles, USA, Gold Award for Best Documentary Short; South Film and Arts Academy Festival Chili, Best Documentary Short Film; Virgin Spring Cinefest Kolkata, India Best Documentary Gold Award; Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival Best Cinematography; World Film Carnival Singapore, Best Documentary Film; Košice International Monthly Film Festival (KIMFF) Košice Slovakia Honorable Mention; and Independent Short Awards, Los Angeles, USA, Honorable Mention for Best Editing #bamboo #bambooarchitecture #bamboodesign #designfilm #sustainabledesign #ecology #sustainabledesign #greenliving #Traditionoffuture #bambooculture #ecologicdesign #sustainability

Treated, dried and loaded. Off to new horizons...

Fascinating to watch how fast bamboo seeds grow!

Beautiful night with friends, music, food and drinks at the magical Guadua forest in Hacienda El Diamante

Fascinating to watch how fast bamboo seeds grow!

Stacked up to the roof! Hoarding Guadua instead of toilet paper during Covid-19.

Highest quality Guadua bamboo barstools available for export. For more info and prices, contact us by email: [email protected]

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Stacked up to the roof! Hoarding Guadua instead of toilet paper during Covid-19.

We are obsessed with quality, every single Guadua pole is checked for the slightest defect during every step of the production process. That's why we are awarded with 5/5 star ratings by our customers worldwide: "Your bamboo poles are handled like champagne bottles, don't know of any other company that is so passionate about their products".

Mouth masks are running out in Europe, had to come up with an alternative solution.

Mouth masks are running out in Europe, had to come up with an alternative solution.

We ship Guadua angustifolia plants all over the world! More info: https://www.guaduabamboo.com/guadua-angustifolia-plants

Tip of the day! How to estimate the height of a bamboo culm? Formula = 1.33 x DBH (diameter at breast height) + 2.7 So if 14 cm diameter at breast height, the total height of the culm will be approximately 21 meter.

Creative and simple, excellent use of our Guadua poles at Bamboo Import Europe!