Bamboo is known for its sturdiness and its many uses, which can range from food to furniture. At Base Bahay Foundation (BBF), it is the foundation for a secure and permanent home for many families.
Bamboo is known for its sturdiness and its many uses, which can range from food to furniture. At Base Bahay Foundation , it is the foundation for a secure and permanent home for many families.
Their partners include local government units as well as non-government, corporate, and CSR organizations. Together, they construct affordable, permanent, and disaster-resilient housing for marginalized communities using bamboo as a foundation. The frame is covered with a wire mesh, whose function is to hold cement mortar plaster. “It’s more of an architectural covering or cladding than a structural component, but of course it adds to the strength of the house,” he added. “It’s called ‘bamboo frame’ because it’s like a timber frame, and ‘cement’ because it has a cement cladding.” The bamboo is harvested from or near the communities the houses will be built in, but it must be treated before use to ensure that it is up to code.
He explains how this is possible. “Number one, you switched concrete hollow blocks with a thin wall structure like cement bamboo frame. You did not use imported timber. You did not use reinforcing bars. Instead, you used bamboo poles to do that. That’s why there’s a carbon emission reduction of 75%.
“So we have to explain the cement bamboo frame technology to them and we have to show them the proof of concept. We have to show them the model, and they’ll say, ‘How nice. Okay.’”
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