Bamboo can be classified by botanists in famiili Gramineae (grass) as it varies with bamboo wood is not familiar with developments on gemang, family Gramineae then divided into five parts, namely Dendrocalamineae, Melocanninea, bambusineae, Arundinaiineae and puellineae
(a) The growth of bamboo
Basic bamboo grows in tropical regions rhizom called a kind of knot that is not going as well as bunches, dekelompok rhizon will bind the stem at the soil as follows
In general, part of the building that can be made from bamboo is much cheaper compared to other building materials for the same purpose, bamboo is found in almost all Indonesia, bamboo is the material most important herb as a substitute for ordinary timber for villagers.
Villagers planted in the yard, on the slopes of the mountain, along the river or Juran and so on.
Currently quality wood increasingly difficult to obtain on the market, so it is necessary to find other materials as a replacement. Fast-growing bamboo is one type that can be used, because in addition to having the harvest of only 3 to 5 years, its potential is quite large in some areas and is renewable and is very suitable to the needs of the industry. Some aspects of the nature of bamboo is better than wood, but bamboo has its drawbacks for use as a construction material directly.
Advances in technology now makes it possible to be able to process the bamboo into a beam-like timber with high strength. Development block making bamboo done with the help of production training, so that it can be made the production units and can be done with the scale of SMEs. Results of Building Materials Research Institute – Center for Settlement in fiscal year 2007 shows that, by using an adhesive resin (pres how hot or cold) or cement, to produce an a composite building material that has high strength so that it can match the strength of the wood.
The products of this research can be exterior and interior panels of various shapes for building construction such as, wall, ceiling and roof coverings, or material used as furniture to meet the necessary requirements.
(b) Benefits of Bamboo
1. Provide alternative building materials and empower communities through the development of SMEs
2. Creating new jobs for the community and to support sustainable housing development program in Indonesia
(c) Excellence
1. Dimensions can be tailored to the needs
2. It is possible made without any connection
3. The nature of high Mechanics
4. The execution is equivalent to wood
(d) Type of bamboo
Bamboo many kinds, but of as much as it is only 4 kinds are regarded as the most important types of bamboo,
(1) Bamboo Tali / Apus very tough, ruasnya length and has a 4-8 cm midline, papnjang stem 6-13 m
(2) Bamboo petung very strong, short ruasnya short, but not so tough. Midline petung 8-13 cm stem length 10-18 meters
(3) Bamboo thorn / Ori is also robust are like petung, ruasnya also short short. The outer part / skin smoother and smoother than other bamboo, anyway louder
(4) Bamboo wulung / black bamboo ruasnya too long length like bamboo rope / lear but tidfak clay / brittle. The middle line 4-8 cm long bamboo wulung batng 7-15 m \\ 9