Programme, 2023

Living Architecture

Growing buildings from trees, two workshops inspired by the root bridges of Meghalaya.

When
20 April 2023
Where
Batticaloa
Format
Workshops, two

Two workshops, on 20 April and 3 May 2023, exploring whether living architecture could work here: houses, and eventually whole settlements, grown rather than built, taking the root bridges of Meghalaya in India as the precedent.

The second session was more specific: a circular staircase built around a palmyra tree, and how to attach steps to a living trunk without killing it.

A participant recorded a testimonial about what the workshop had changed for him.

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