Bamboo Houses

What's this?

• A house

• A shelter

• A hostel

• A hotel

Choose the curved form that one of the following houses contains

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Do you think is Bamboo as strong as Concrete? Why?

Read the following paragraph and answer the last question: Elora Hardy takes the bamboo house idea and runs with it, building magnificent structures made from an extremely sustainable material. She and her company Ibuku have already built many structures, including the Green School, Green Village and the magnificent Sharma Springs villa. Question: Who is the author of sustainable structures such as the Green School?

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What are steel nails? Choose the picture

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According to the following text, did the curved form of the bamboo influenced the shape of the structure? Text: These building proves that bamboo can not only be used for shelter, but to also create luxury. The curved form of the bamboo influenced the shape of the building and the doors . And while there are steel nails used at important structural points, most of the building is held together by bamboo nails.

• Yes

• No

According to the text, what's Bamboo vulnerable to?..... Text: Bamboo grows fast and has similar tensile strength to steel and the compression resistance of concrete, all points that Hardy raises on her TED talk. It’s also light which makes it easy to transport. However, it’s vulnerable to bugs and the elements – two key limitations that had to be overcome (via use of natural salts) even before they started building.

• Butterflies

• Bugs and the elemenst

• Rain and Sun

How long did Elora stay in new York? .... Text: Elora Hardy comes from Bali and she returned there after a 10-year stint in New York.

• Twelve years

• Nine years

• Ten years

Find in the internet the name of the company created by Elora Hardy

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Draw a Bamboo house!