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Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2023)
Journal Article
Rincón, C. E., Montoya, J. A., & Archila, H. F. (2023). Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Sustainability, 15(24), Article 16893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416893

Whilst upcoming innovations on digital technology and renewable energy can have a significant impact on the reduction of operational carbon emissions in the construction industry, readily available fast-growing building materials like bamboo are alre... Read More about Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

Exploring a flipped approach to Construction Technology teaching, for inclusive learning and assessment (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Davidson, C., & Archila, H. (2023, April). Exploring a flipped approach to Construction Technology teaching, for inclusive learning and assessment. Presented at Innovation in Built Environment Education Conference, iBEE2023, Liverpool John Moores University

The Covid pandemic in 2020 and the subsequent blended learning approaches, provided an opportunity for lecturers to re-design the delivery of ‘Construction Technology’ modules at UWE. Many of the approaches developed during the pandemic are now consi... Read More about Exploring a flipped approach to Construction Technology teaching, for inclusive learning and assessment.

‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC) (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Archila, H. F., Lashley, R., Lamond, J., Prabhakaran, A., Msipo, A., & Escamilla, E. Z. (2023). ‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC). In S. Amziane, I. Merta, & J. Page (Eds.), Bio-Based Building Materials (926-936). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33465-8_71

SmartBioC focuses on creating a user-friendly digital tool that allows users to select and specify biobased materials and building components for a modular housing unit based on a set of performance indicators including carbon footprint, thermal perf... Read More about ‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC).

Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Archila, H. F., Zea-Escamilla, E., & Harries, K. (2023). Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT. In S. Amziane, I. Merta, & J. Page (Eds.), Bio-Based Building Materials (937-945). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33465-8_72

Densified lamellas of bamboo Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) were arranged orthogonally and glued together to form three- and five-layer cross laminated (XLam) panels with symmetrical compositions, which are refereed as G-XLam3 & G-XLam5, respecti... Read More about Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT.

‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC) (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Archila Santos, H., Lashley, R., Lamond, J., Msipo, A., & Prabhakaran, A. (2022, August). ‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC). Paper presented at International SEEDS Conference 2022, University of the West of England, Bristol and online

SmartBioC focuses on creating a user-friendly digital tool that allows users to select and specify biobased materials and building components for a modular housing unit based on a set of performance indicators including carbon footprint, thermal perf... Read More about ‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC).

A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Davidson, C., & Archila Santos, H. (2022, June). A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment. Presented at Festival of Learning, UWE Bristol

In 2020, Covid and the introduction of an alternative blended learning approach, provided a welcome opportunity for implementing innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the module Construction Technology and Services 1, at UWE Bristol. A fl... Read More about A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Kaminski, S., Harries, K., Felipe Lopez, L., Trujillo, D., & Archila, H. (2022). Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework. . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6575090

Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Kaminski, S., Harries, K., Felipe Lopez, L., Trujillo, D., & Archila, H. (2022). Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework. . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6575090

Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

Elastic response of cross-laminated engineered bamboo panels subjected to in-plane loading (2019)
Journal Article
Archila, H. F., Rhead, A., Ansell, M. P., Walker, P., & Lizarazo-Marriaga, J. (2019). Elastic response of cross-laminated engineered bamboo panels subjected to in-plane loading. Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials, 172(6), 284-295. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcoma.16.00080

© ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. Novel cross-laminated bamboo panels comprising three and five layers (G-XLam3 and G-XLam5) were tested in compression along the main (0°) and the transverse (90°) directions. Linear variable differential transfo... Read More about Elastic response of cross-laminated engineered bamboo panels subjected to in-plane loading.

Bamboo hybrids bolster timber (2019)
Journal Article
Archila Santos, H. (2019). Bamboo hybrids bolster timber. Materials World, 40-41

A relatively common material is not being embraced fully for building supplies. Interest in bamboo is growing, through research and media campaigning about the material’s environmental benefits, properties and its ability to replace wood, steel and c... Read More about Bamboo hybrids bolster timber.

Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South (2019)
Book Chapter
Zea Escamilla, E., Archilla, H., Addissie Nuramo, D., & Trujillo, D. (2019). Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South. In M. Correia Guedes, & G. Cantuaria (Eds.), Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates (397-414). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12036-8_15

Bamboo is the only Graminea adapted to the life as forest. Bamboos can be found around the globe and are naturally occurring in Africa, America and Asia in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate areas around the equator. Bamboos are giant grasses t... Read More about Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South.

Industrial or traditional bamboo construction? Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of bamboo-based buildings (2018)
Journal Article
Archilla, H. F., Escamilla, E. Z., Habert, G., Daza, J. F. C., Archila, H. F., Fernández, J. S. E., & Trujillo, D. (2018). Industrial or traditional bamboo construction? Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of bamboo-based buildings. Sustainability, 10(9), 3096. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093096

© 2018 by the authors. The past five decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth in population. This has led to an ever-growing housing demand. It has been proposed that the use of bio-based materials, and specifically bamboo, can help alleviate t... Read More about Industrial or traditional bamboo construction? Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of bamboo-based buildings.

Bamboo reinforced concrete: a critical review (2018)
Journal Article
Archila, H. F., Kaminski, S., Trujillo, D., Zea Escamilla, E., & Harries, K. A. (2018). Bamboo reinforced concrete: a critical review. Materials and Structures, 51(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-018-1228-6

© 2018, The Author(s). The use of small diameter whole-culm (bars) and/or split bamboo (a.k.a. splints or round strips) has often been proposed as an alternative to relatively expensive reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete. The motivation for suc... Read More about Bamboo reinforced concrete: a critical review.

Low investment costs as key driver for upscaling alternative construction technologies (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Cancio Diaz, Y., Archilla, H. F., Celentano, G., Habert, G., & Edwin, Z. E. (2016, June). Low investment costs as key driver for upscaling alternative construction technologies. Paper presented at No Cost Housing Conference, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

This study aims to assess alternative materials withstanding low capital investment, with the potential of providing housing affordability for low-income communities. By combining Life Cycle Assessment and Return on Capital Employed techniques, it... Read More about Low investment costs as key driver for upscaling alternative construction technologies.

Thermo-hydro-mechanically modified cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo panels (2015)
Thesis
Archila Santos, H. Thermo-hydro-mechanically modified cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo panels. (Thesis). University of Bath. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9851328

Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) is a bamboo species native to South and Central America that has been widely used for structural applications in small and large-scale buildings, bridges and temporary structures. Currently, its structural use is re... Read More about Thermo-hydro-mechanically modified cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo panels.

Limeboo: Lime as a replacement for cement in wallframing systems with bamboo-Guadua (Bahareque Encementado) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
ARCHILA, H. F., PESCE, G. L., ANSELL, M. P., & BALL, R. J. (2015, August). Limeboo: Lime as a replacement for cement in wallframing systems with bamboo-Guadua (Bahareque Encementado). Paper presented at 16th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2015), Winnipeg, Canada,

Traditional construction systems with the bamboo species Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) are standardized under the Colombian code for seismic-resistant buildings [1]. These systems are regarded as highly environmentally friendly due to their inte... Read More about Limeboo: Lime as a replacement for cement in wallframing systems with bamboo-Guadua (Bahareque Encementado).

Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Archila, H., Takeuchi, C. P., & Trujillo, D. (2014, August). Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua. Paper presented at WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings 2014, Quebec City, Canada

The bamboo species Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) was subjected to different fibre extraction processes, chemically treated and used in combination with a set range of polymers to form various composite materials. Novel technologies and artisan... Read More about Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua.

Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. (2014)
Journal Article
Walker, P., Archila, H., & Ansell, M. P. (2014). Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. Key Engineering Materials, 600, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.600.111

Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) was subjected to thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) treatments that modified its microstructure and mechanical properties. THM treatment was applied to Guadua with the aim of tackling the difficulties in the fabrication... Read More about Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension..