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 Australia03:32 A Bamboo Exhibition: First Bamboo Project05:39 Harvesting, Treating, Processing, And Building With Our Own Building08:10 Harvesting Bamboo: Running vs Clumping Bamboo09:20 Learning From Bamboo Masters13:56 From Working in Unregulated To Regulated Spaces14:44 Bamboo At The Sydney Biennale17:53 What It's Like To Build With Bamboo Within Regulations21:17 Building In Community23:30 Education In Exchange For Labor25:36 Agritecture: From Plant to Building26:45 Creating A Culture Of Bamboo In Non-Bamboo Areas29:45 Bamboo In Context31:11 Indobamboo and Laminated Bamboo34:24 The Challenges With Laminated Bamboo38:58 Opportunities With Laminated Bamboo40:40 ISO Standard For Engineered Bamboo Products44:25 A Positive Future For The Built Environment44:42 The Price Gap Between Bamboo and Conventional Materials47:52 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