气候危机日益严峻，人类也清楚地意识到自身对环境造成的有害影响，现实迫切需要建筑师们想出可持续发展的新解决方案。任何绿色建筑方法的一个关键部分是使用对环境影响小的当地天然材料。

在这种情况下，竹子是一种理想的材料：质轻、强韧、容易获得。为了应对21世纪的挑战，VTN建筑事务所特别开发了两种竹子的几种使用方法：灵活的薄竹(Tam Vong)和更坚固的小叶龙竹（Dendrocalamus barbatus）。在《竹子建筑》中，我们可以看到这些方法是如何被应用于一些获奖的、开创性的项目中的，如风与水咖啡馆、钻石岛社区中心和宏伟的Vedana餐厅，除此之外，还有Masaaki Iwamoto撰写的**启发性的引言和对工作室负责人Vo Trong Nghia的采访，他对自然、绿色建筑的未来提出了鼓舞人心的愿景。

With the climate crisis raging and awareness of humanity’s detrimental impact on the environment now patently apparent, the need for architects to come up with sustainable new solutions has never been more pressing. A key part of any green approach to architecture is the use of local natural materials with a low environmental impact.

Bamboo, which has been widely used in Asian architecture for centuries as scaffolding and for bridges, pavilions, houses and other structures, is an ideal material in this context: lightweight, strong and readily available. In an effort to meet the challenges of the 21st century, VTN Architects has developed few ways of working with two species of bamboo in particular: the flexible “Tam Vong” (Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble) and sturdier “Luong” (Dendrocalamus barbatus). In Bamboo Architecture we see how these methods have been applied in award-winning, groundbreaking projects such as the Wind and Water Café, Diamond Island Community Center, and the majestic Vedana Restaurant, alongside an illuminating introduction by Masaaki Iwamoto and an interview with the studio principal Vo Trong Nghia who offers an inspiring vision for the future of natural, green architecture.