In this 5th ThinkBamboo Podcast, Oscar Pont, a French architect (Web / IG) and carpenter living in Brazil, shares his journey of discovering bamboo as a sustainable material and his efforts to grow and experiment with bamboo on his land in Brazil. Oscar explains that his architecture background was rooted in traditional European building materials such as concrete, steel, and stone. Interestingly it wasn’t until he began traveling in Asia that he saw the potential of bamboo as a building material.
Upon returning to Brazil, Oscar set out to find clients who were willing to experiment with bamboo as a building material. However, he soon discovered that it was difficult to find a supplier of bamboo in Brazil, as the only type of bamboo available was the bamboo variety used for cellulose production.
