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Flexible Special Texture Series · MBZW-A / MBZW-B
Bamboo Relief Panel
Split bamboo in two profiles. A is concave, B is convex; run them side by side and the wall reads as a stand of culms rather than as a fluted panel.
A is 980 mm wide, B is 580, and both are 2800 mm tall with a relief that runs from 3 mm at the crown to 9 mm in the valley. The catalogue also lists a 1000 × 2950 sheet in the same profile. Cream white is stock; the green in the factory photograph was a custom run.
This is the deepest relief in the series, which is why the thickness is a range rather than a figure. It also means the sheet is the least forgiving to fix: press it down unevenly and the flutes show every hollow in the substrate.
Two profiles, one wall
A alone is a ribbed panel. A and B alternating is what most people specify, because the convex flute casts a highlight down one side and the concave one holds a shadow, and the wall stops looking extruded.
Bamboo, in white
The exterior shot is a rendered building where the wall catches tree shadows all afternoon and the flutes break them up. The interior shot is a corridor with downlights at 1.2 m centres, which is close to the worst case for a ribbed wall and still reads cleanly.
Installed, bamboo
Good for
- Corridor and stair walls where the flutes help with echo
- Exterior facades where a vertical rhythm is wanted without a rainscreen
- Ceilings, on a frame, with the flutes running across the short span
- Walls that need to hide an uneven substrate, provided the flutes run vertically
Not for
- Horizontal runs over a bowed wall: the flutes exaggerate it
- Anywhere a 2950 mm unbroken height is needed in one piece, unless you use the larger sheet
- Very tight radii: the relief closes up below about 300 mm
Bending a flute
A 4 mm sheet with 8 mm of relief bends across the flutes long before it bends along them. On a curved wall, run the flutes vertically and the panel takes a 300 mm radius without the profiles closing on each other.
Bent by hand, no heat
Cream, and what else
Cream white is stock and it is the colour that keeps the relief readable — a dark flute loses its shadow. The two colour option sheets show the A/B pair in white and pale grey, with the joint between them visible so you can see how the two profiles meet.
Specification
Everything below applies to the Bamboo as supplied. Samples and datasheets come with the first quote.
| Sheet size | 980 × 2800 mm (A, concave), 580 × 2800 mm (B, convex), 1000 × 2950 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3–9 mm ± 0.5 mm |
| Weight | 8 kg/m² ± 0.5 |
| Substrate | Mineral powder, sand and fibreglass, pressed in a steel mould |
| Fire | EN 13501-1 A2-s1,d0, on a non-combustible substrate |
| Fixing | Polymer adhesive, or mechanical fixings on a ventilated frame |
| MOQ | Stocked colours ship from stock, no minimum |
| Lead time | 3–5 days for stock, 20–25 days for production |
Fitting it
Four steps, and the third one is the one that goes wrong.
Questions we get asked
Do A and B have to be used together?
No, but they are designed to. A alone gives a ribbed panel with a hard shadow line; alternating A and B gives the culm effect the catalogue is selling.
What is the actual thickness?
Between 3 and 9 mm depending on where you measure, because the profile is a valley and a crown. The nominal figure quoted for weight and fixing is 6 mm.
Will the flutes collect dust?
The concave ones will, slowly. In a clean interior it takes years; in a kitchen it takes months. Run them vertically on a wall so dust falls rather than settles.
Can I get it in green?
The green in the photograph was a custom run of 400 m². Custom colour starts at 300 m² and about 25 days.
Is the 1000 × 2950 sheet the same profile?
Yes, same flute, larger format. It costs a little more per square metre and saves a horizontal joint on a full-height wall.
Sample of Bamboo
A4 offcut, posted from Ningbo, free. Ask for the colour card too — it has all seventeen textures in the series.
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