Bamboos have always been known to be sturdy and have the ability to sustain much strain and pressure. It has now become a popular material in Bali structures. It is now replacing buildings made of concrete and steel.
Among the latest structures that are rising out of the sturdiness of the Bamboo are a school, luxury Bali villas, and a chocolate factory as well.
The chocolate factory is located in the village of Sibang Kaja which is between Denpasar and the forest of Ubud. It may well be the biggest commercial bamboo building in the world, with an area of 2,550 square meters, as claimed by Big Tree Farms which operates the factory.
"Bamboo is unmatched as a sustainable building material. What it can do is remarkable. It grows far more quickly than timber and doesn't destroy the land it's grown on,” said Big Tree Farms co-founder, Ben Ripple.
"Our factory can be packed up and moved in days, so if we decided to shut it down one day, we're not going to damage the rice paddies we sit on,” he added.
The factory, school, and luxury villas in Bali are sitting on a “bamboo triangle” within a 100-hectare paddy.
This move is initiated by the eco-conscious foreigners of Bali who believe that something has to be done about the construction industry being the least sustainable industry.
While bamboo is said to be the “poor man’s timber” in many parts of Asia, it is not entirely true since in Sibang, bamboo villas are sold between $350,000 to $700,000 each.
Amazingly, a 5,000-kilogram elephant can be supported with one short bamboo stud with a surface area of only 10 square centimeters.
If this is going to be sustained, then more Bali villas resorts, villas for rent in Bali, and private villas in Bali will be environment friendly.
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