Diseño de proyectos con bambú en Lima como estrategia de difusión de un método constructivo alternativo y sostenible.

Within the framework of its mission of innovation for sustainable development, the Institute for Housing, Urbanism and Construction (IVUC) of the University of San Martin de Porres has assumed a leading role in the field of bamboo based eco-friendly construction, using a native specie from Peru, the Guadua Angustifolia, usually known as Guayaquil cane. The projects with involvement from both ONGs and governmnent institutions have a considerable social component and at the same time, are in the search for new both efficient and earthquake resistant ways to use this material and thus, slowly increase the knowledge about and create examples of bamboo based architecture. In an effort to show the possibilities of this material and to change the paradigm of its temporary uses, directed towards an audience of limited resources, IVUC has designed its latest projects in high visibility areas in Lima, capital city of Perú. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]