For a weeklong workshop, Visiondivision began an architecture project that will take 60 years to grow.
The main structure is a dome of 10 Japanese cherry trees, which are planted around a temporary tower that acts as a guide. Once the bent trees touch the tower, they will be redirected into an hourglass shape, the top of which will become a second level for reading and lounging and accessed by stairs of branches. The architects even devised furniture made from greenery, including a chair that seems to have organically sprung from the ground but is actually a cardboard form covered in soil and draped in grass.
Visiondivision left behind instructions for future generations of gardeners. “In about 80 years from now,” the architects write, “the Politecnico di Milano campus will have a fully grown building and the students will hopefully have proud grandchildren that can tell the story of the project for their friends and family.” That's a far cry from the instant gratification we've come to expect; rather, it's the long view we need to take when measuring our impact on the planet.
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