On 28 Sep, 00:51, geoff wrote:

Light, strong and readily available, it is used all over asia for all
sorts of things. The first major building I saw with bamboo scaffolding
was the US Embassy in Bangladesh, some 20 stories high

During WW2, the Japanese super-battleship (and Naval white elephant)
Yamato was hidden in dock behind a vast wall of sacking held up on
self-supporting bamboo scaffolding. Photos of it are most impressive.