Bamboo and Thin Glass

Bamboo and Thin Glass: Structural analysis of bending bamboo and thin glass

Ganatra, P.

Louter, P.C. (mentor)
Oikonomopoulou, F. (mentor)
Schnater, F.R. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science

Building Technology

2016-06-30

To obtain free form geometry for the roof structure, bamboo canes are pre-bent. Thin glass is also cold bent and cladded. The tolerances that occur in bamboo construction are accounted by this flexibility of thin glass. Hence bending behavior of both the materials is studied. Different types of cladding options and connection systems are evaluated to obtain a durable roof structure.

bamboo
thin glass
gridshell
flexible materials
cold bending
durability

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2016 Ganatra, P.