Domoflex: “Structural System for Emergency Shelters with Bamboo Slats in Bending Active, on the Northern Coast of Peru”

This research aims to propose a design of a structural system for emergency shelters with bamboo slats in bending active on the northern coast of Peru. The Peruvian coast annually undergoes disasters due to natural, telluric, and meteorological phenomena, including the El Niño Coastal phenomenon. This causes material losses and damage to housing infrastructure and basic services. As a method, the connectors were developed and prototyped on two scales and designed digitally. As a result of the analogue-digital exploration, a geodesic dome was developed that employs bending active principles using sluts profiles as the minimum longitudinal section of the bamboo and digitally manufactured connectors printed on PETG filament. When assembled, these will generate active bending stresses in the ribs and the assembly will adopt a shape similar to a portion of a sphere. In conclusion, the construction of the dome is a reference for future proposals and innovations in conjunction with 3D digital fabrication for the communities affected by the El Niño phenomenon.