How do you build with bamboo in a context that is highly regulated? Jed Long began his journey of building with bamboo by constructing temporary structures at festivals and art installations for The Biennale of Sydney in Australia. Today, he has relocated to Bali to work on the manufacturing of cross-laminated bamboo with Indobamboo. He is passionate about increasing the uptake of bamboo for different contexts and purposes.

Jed is the Co-Founder of Cave Urban situated in Australia.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• 01:49 The Origins Of Cave Urban And Working With Bamboo In Australia
• 03:32 A Bamboo Exhibition: First Bamboo Project
• 05:39 Harvesting, Treating, Processing, And Building With Our Own Building
• 08:10 Harvesting Bamboo: Running vs Clumping Bamboo
• 09:20 Learning From Bamboo Masters
• 13:56 From Working in Unregulated To Regulated Spaces
• 14:44 Bamboo At The Sydney Biennale
• 17:53 What It's Like To Build With Bamboo Within Regulations
• 21:17 Building In Community
• 23:30 Education In Exchange For Labor
• 25:36 Agritecture: From Plant to Building
• 26:45 Creating A Culture Of Bamboo In Non-Bamboo Areas
• 29:45 Bamboo In Context
• 31:11 Indobamboo and Laminated Bamboo
• 34:24 The Challenges With Laminated Bamboo
• 38:58 Opportunities With Laminated Bamboo
• 40:40 ISO Standard For Engineered Bamboo Products
• 44:25 A Positive Future For The Built Environment
• 44:42 The Price Gap Between Bamboo and Conventional Materials
• 47:52 Durability

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Learn more about Jed’s work at:

https://www.caveurban.com/

@caveurban

https://indobamboo.com/

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Learn more about bamboo and engineering during our upcoming courses: https://www.bamboou.com/courses