Engineering Professor Francesca Parotti was featured in a recent issue of La Repubblica’s Affari e Finanza magazine in an article about using bamboo, “nature’s green steel,” in construction. Professor Parotti, who has taught the course Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Systems at Syracuse Florence for 12 years, has become a point of reference for this building materials in Italy.
The article was published in response to the fact that the Institution of Structural Engineers has recently published the first comprehensive structural engineering guide for bamboo. “Bamboo is much more durable than wood,” Parotti explains in the interview. It’s also fast-growing and eco-friendly. “I’m convinced it’s the future of construction, though there are still some problems to resolve.”