Hardened Bamboo Light

Full-length bamboo strands are compressed with roughly 10% phenolic glue under heat and pressure, which produces a board harder than most hardwoods. It measures 9.5 kg/mm² on the Brinell scale against 5.9 for Ipe, and it carries a Class A fire rating under ASTM E84. Graffiti and light scratches sand out on site. Left untreated it greys slowly the way any wood does, and an oil finish holds the original colour. The bamboo is ready to harvest in two years, where Ipe takes roughly a century.

• Extremely dense and fire resistant
• Graffiti sands out right on site
• Made from compressed bamboo strands