Living willow architecture
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Came across this on Make: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/living_willow_architecture.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
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To really appreciate the forms I imagine you would have to be under them. They do look interesting though
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Looks great. I read through it briefly and see that they are created with reeds or flexible branches, but I wonder what is planted on them that grows? Also, one would think that the structure would collapse after a while simply due to age and rot. Ah well, probably just part of the plan for the life cycle of the art.
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As I understand it they are themselves planted in the ground, so unless they die of disease they'll never rot. Although simple, it is a very intriguing idea- I wonder what it's limitations would be? Would it be possible for example to use such living structures as the primary structure for genuinely habitable buildings, suspending tensile mebranes beneath them or other forms of climate control barriers?
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