Bananas About Bananas: A Guide for Using Banana Fibre in Construction

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Contents 1.0 Intro 1.1 Design Project Overview 1.2 Technical Aspirations

2.0 Site 2.1 Ecuador 2.2 Four Regions 2.3 Site: Dolores Plantation 2.4 Climate

3.0 Banana Fibre 3.1 Banana Fibre 3.2 Fibre Extraction Process 3.3 Applications 3.4 Banana Rope 3.5 Rope Production

4.0 Construction 4.1 Overall Structure 4.2 Key Construction Stages 4.3 Rope Arches 4.4 Structural Section 4.5 Foundation Detail 4.6 Rooflight Detail 4.7 Facade Detail

5.0 Environmental Response 5.1 Solar Shading 5.1 Natural Ventilation 5.3 Rainwater Harvesting


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