In this thesis report applications of lightweight structures with bamboo. In the first part of the tract of past history and contemporary history of employment in the world of structures stabilized by the union of bamboo and cables. The objectives of these structures, some of its precursors and their experiences are cited. The popular use of structures made with these materials is made manifest in images and texts related. Below we deal with the ways of their craft and making the passage of his technique for living space and emphasized the cultural effect of loving work and detailed way forward to make the objects. In the second part of the present state of the art in the Research Lab in Living Design (Lild), Department of Art and Design (DAD) of PUC-Rio, in the field of these structures. Activities are recounted in passing techniques in 3 (three) communities located in the state of Rio de Janeiro: a) teachers in the village of indigenous Guarani KUAA MBO E in Parati, and Lild CENAM (Center Welcoming Mission), b)State Park of Ilha Grande (Peig), the Municipal School Brigadier Nóbrega c) at Circus School Living and Growing in space with the group We We - air tragedies and comedies. Account also the methodology used in its dynamics and its relations ties with undergraduate and graduate design and other sectors of the University. Are told the passage of the techniques, the development and use of prototypes. Distinguish the connections used in these structures made of bamboo and wire, called the reciprocal type beams, popularly called spin, which is being used nationally and internationally.