As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to protect people from earthquakes.
You are absolutely right. The trick is to find compatible materials and some ingenuity. In this case, the entire structure should be of same sort of wood. With some clever tricks, glass panes can be used for windows as long as glass doesn’t get bend during the earthquakes or glass is somewhat shatter-proof.
As far as I am aware, it is not standard practice in India. Also, generally speaking in day-to-day, windows don’t carry stress from the walls. This could change during earthquakes.
You are absolutely right. The trick is to find compatible materials and some ingenuity. In this case, the entire structure should be of same sort of wood. With some clever tricks, glass panes can be used for windows as long as glass doesn’t get bend during the earthquakes or glass is somewhat shatter-proof.
In Europe windows are mounted to the walls with a pretty thick layer of foam to avoid stress from the walls. Isn’t that a common thing everywhere?
As far as I am aware, it is not standard practice in India. Also, generally speaking in day-to-day, windows don’t carry stress from the walls. This could change during earthquakes.