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Branching Durban: TREEHOUSING International Wood Design Competition poster

Year of publication 2016

Pages 1p.

Author Veilla Nuñez ,C. L.;López Alsina, E. G.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Branching Durban project encourages an intimate relationship between residents and nature, by relying on nature’s intelligence and questioning commonly held notions of enclosed space. This poster is one of a selection of entries from the TREEHOUSING International Wood Design Competition that was run by FAO and DBR | Design Build Research School on the occasion of the XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa, in September 2015.The competition challenged architecture students, p rofessional architects and designers to develop innovative and sustainable wood housing and urban building solutions.

Meeting Session Number Sess. 23

Language English

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