During the week-long MIAW2 workshop by Politecnico di Milano, Visiondivision served as guest professors and worked closely with students to generate new ideas about the essence of green design in terms of, resilience, recycling, and ethical consciousness. For the workshop, the architects constructed a study retreat on campus where the final result can be enjoyed in 60 years. With patience as the main key for the design, “we can reduce the need for transportation, waste of material and different manufacturing processes, simply by helping nature grow in a more architectonic and useful way,” explained the architects.
More about the project after the break.
The project serves as a structural framework which nature can then slowly begin to take over. By using different methods and tools to guide and control the growth of nature – bending, twisting, pruning, grafting, braiding, weaving – the components of the building, from the structure to the stairs and furniture, will all be made from trees, plants or grasses.
