As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to protect people from earthquakes.
I mean. Those bendy bones are why California doesn’t just die when a major seismic event occurs.
Europeans often mock American construction for being comically flimsy (and in their defense, it often is), but in at least seismically active areas, this kind of construction holds up far, far better than other techniques.
I mean. Those bendy bones are why California doesn’t just die when a major seismic event occurs.
Europeans often mock American construction for being comically flimsy (and in their defense, it often is), but in at least seismically active areas, this kind of construction holds up far, far better than other techniques.