{"id":2858,"date":"2023-07-25T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:06:33","slug":"edinburgh-napier-university-students-mark-completion-of-bamboo-structure-in-world-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/edinburgh-napier-university-students-mark-completion-of-bamboo-structure-in-world-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Napier University students mark completion of bamboo structure in world first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Edinburgh Napier University students have returned home after completing a world-first construction project in China \u2013 based around sustainable bamboo building material.<\/p>\n<p>The bamboo-timber composite grid shell structure is the first of its kind to ever be built.\u00a0 Thirteen students from ENU\u2019s School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment worked alongside colleagues from Guangxi University of Science and Technology and Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology.\u00a0 It is hoped the finished 12m x 12m construction, which was funded by the British Council and Turing Scheme UK, could help develop sustainable building methods in the effort to combat climate change.\u00a0 Bamboo\u2019s strength and flexibility, as well as its wide availability as a natural resource, make it a viable construction material for large-span roof structures in future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2860\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/07\/Bamboo-grid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/articles\/and-finally-students-mark-completion-of-bamboo-structure-in-world-first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read PBC today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/bamboo-timber-composite-construction-china\/131214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A team of Edinburgh Napier University students have returned home after completing a world-first construction project in China \u2013 based around sustainable bamboo building material. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/edinburgh-napier-university-students-mark-completion-of-bamboo-structure-in-world-first\/\" title=\"Edinburgh Napier University students mark completion of bamboo structure in world first\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":2859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-engagement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edinburgh Napier University students mark completion of bamboo structure in world first - RESEARCH AND INNOVATION<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/edinburgh-napier-university-students-mark-completion-of-bamboo-structure-in-world-first\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edinburgh Napier University students mark completion of bamboo structure in world first - RESEARCH AND INNOVATION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A team of Edinburgh Napier University students have returned home after completing a world-first construction project in China \u2013 based around sustainable bamboo building material. 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