The Philippines, being a disaster prone country, especially to typhoons and earthquakes, is vulnerable to various infrastructure damage. As a matter of fact, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda has damaged over a million houses, around half of them, completely destroyed, and amounting to approximately 89 billion pesos (5 billion USD). When observing the architecture of the city here in Manila, modern western style housing has been implemented, a design that lacks sustainability and resilience most of the materials consist of concrete and glass in the provinces. Bamboo however, is a solution.

Not only is bamboo great as a weather proof and disaster proof source for construction due to its flexibility, strength, and tube like shape, it?s also light and, therefore, easy to transport from place to place. It has a 35% higher oxygen emission than trees and a 40% carbon dioxide absorption rate as well. No worry for extinction is also needed as bamboo is widespread in many areas and can even grow up to over a meter in a day. As evidence, all 20 bamboo houses in the epicenter of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Costa Rica and when three typhoons hit the Cook Islands, a group of bamboo houses survived as well.