Living bridges
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Bridges that look like the handiwork of fairies? These beautiful 500 year old structures exist for reals in Meghalaya, India. Because of the torrential floods that plague the region, clever locals decided to come up with a better solution and the ficus elastica root bridge was born.
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aleshia Thursday 22 September 2011
what a functional, beautiful meeting of nature and engineering
Philippa Tuesday 29 November 2011
I remember seeing these bridges in a documentary and the children of the villages are taught how to manipulate the roots and vines to continue the bridge’s growth.