BAMBOO CONSTRUCTION SEMINAR REVIEW

Here is a review after attending the seminar.
Pros

1. It was a knowledgeable and interesting seminar as I do not have any knowledge regarding bamboo construction. Now that I have attended the seminar, this magical and interesting vernacular material can be a new typology for our future development.

1. I was really impressed for having such a knowledgeable speakers for the session; coming from various country, introducing various ways of bamboo construction.

1. Hospitality of the seminar was great as well, having everything all well prepared from the starting of the session, during the break and until the end of the session

Suggestions

1. I was looking forward for the architectural design concept of the bamboo construction. But due to language barrier, I felt the translator did not explained much details on the conceptual design; how its being derived etc. He should have also explained more on the process of deriving the concept as well as difficulties faced during the construction phase or completing the project.

1. The purpose of the seminar is to promote bamboo construction, but I felt that participants should also get more information regarding the limitation of using the materials as well. I felt the seminar is too marketing oriented although people nowadays focus mainly on cost and profit. But people has to know the actual facts on the limitation of the material in order to improve it for further future developments.

1. If they have focused more on discussion regarding ways of bamboo construction, issues faced, etc.based on various countries rather than just promoting the end product of the bamboo, participants and also the speaker would have gotten more information from the discussions. (would prefer exchanging of knowledge rather than marketing the end product)