Investigación tecnológica aplicada: Domocaña
In Peru, there is a growing need for housing, especially for families in extreme poverty; as well as occurrence of earthquakes and environmental degradation. That is the reason why new solutions with quality, accessible and ecological are searched. 
Studies in Peru and other countries have shown the cane or bamboo goodness as structure earthquake resistant, distribution, enclosure or decorative. However, its use for social housing is limited; population uses it in a precarious way.
In this context, the Domocana Roof was proposed by the Architecture School of the National Engineering (UNI). Trials of static charges carried out in the Laboratory of Seismic Research Centre and Disaster Mitigation (CISMID-UNI) were satisfactory. The experimental houses built using the improved technology of adobe and Domocana roof resisted dynamic loads in the earthquakes of Moquegua (2003) and Pisco (2007) without suffering any damage. 
UNI, by order of the Commission of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru, and to give technical standard, is studying the physical and mechanical properties of the material to establish design parameters and construction conditions for the use of cane and bamboo buildings.