ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the investigations on building made by the students of an institution in Hawaii. The students made some preliminary work in formfinding and bamboo model making in order for them to understand the basic principles of shape formation, erection technique, and connection conditions. It is better to develop connection techniques concurrently with spanning members. A single spanning member behaves differently than when it is assembled in a gridshell network. Each member in a gridshell is braced by other members. The gridshell members can also fail by point loads produced during the erection process. The goal in this process is to use methods that provide the most even force distribution to all members. After making some progress using split canes in bamboo gridshell construction in the phase 2 work, the chapter revisits the potential for the application of whole canes.
