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In the depths of north-eastern India, bridges are grown over rivers from the roots of the Ficus elastica, or rubber trees. Hollowed betel nut trunks are used to guide the tree’s roots in the right direction as they grow; it takes ten to fifteen years for the bridges to become fully functional, at which time they are strong enough to support the weight of fifty or more people at a time.

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  • calgary
  • daily photo
  • ficus elastica
  • india bridge
  • public art
  • root bridge
  • rubber tree
  • sans facon
  • tree root
  • uep
  • watershed
  • watershed plus
  • watershed+
  • infrastructure
  • bridges
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    In the depths of north-eastern India, bridges are grown over rivers from the roots of the Ficus elastica, or rubber...
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    “bridges are grown” GROWN
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    It’s worth noting that these trees...exact same species
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    Ficus elastica [[MORE]]
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    waitwaitwait… this shit is real? like, this are photographs of shit that exists in OUR world? well fuck… i’m living on...
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This visual blog presents images and projects related to the WATERSHED+ art program. WATERSHED+ is a public art program hosted by City of Calgary's department of Utilities and Environment Protection.
WATERSHED+ aims to develop awareness and pleasure in the environment, not by changing water management practice, nor developing a uniform visual language, but rather by creating a climate of opportunity for water initiatives to build an emotional connection between people and the watershed.
WATERSHED+ presents a unique approach to public art by embedding artists and artistic practices within UEP core activities, participating as members on infrastructure design teams, contributing to project design, development of events, community education, etc.

You can visit us at: watershedplus.ca

This program was devised by Sans façon (Charles Blanc & Tristan Surtees) with a team composed of Matt Baker, Emlyn Firth, Yan Olivares of Yes Architectes, Eric Laurier and Bert van Duin.

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