Simon Velez is a prize-winning architect, and the most eminent proponent of bamboo as an essential building component.
Bamboo is a renewable resource and when used with other materials such as concrete, rebar and other woods, can bear the required loads and sometimes surpasses them. To the credit of many innovative architects, engineers, scientists and naturalists, Guadua Bamboo is becoming one of the most important materials in the new Eco Architectural renaissance.
Bamboo architecture : Unlike wood, which can take between twenty and sixty years to mature to the stage where it can be harvested, bamboo takes a very short amount of time to regenerate in comparison. Most species of bamboo that are used in architecture can be harvested after three to six years of growth. The quickest growing species of bamboo can grow up to one meter a day, and reach full growth within two months time. This makes bamboo the most efficient renewable resource, especially in today's world where wood is becoming scarcer.
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