Architecture studio Snøhetta designs the new Intersection Table that is made from wood that is sourced from the bottom of a lake. It is sourced specifically from Pieman Lake located in Tasmania, Australia and it is sourced by Hydrowood, which is "one of the world’s first underwater forestry companies."
Speaking about the table, the managing director at Snøhetta Australia Kaare Krokene states that "As part of Snøhetta’s ongoing exploration of defining valuable use of new and forgotten material technologies, the worktable is the first exploration into wood aged at the depth of a lake for decades [...] Starting from the concept of intersections, Snøhetta investigated the potential and limitations of materials unique to the Australian continent; juxtaposing textures, and intersecting planes."
Lake-Sourced Minimal Wooden Tables
Snøhetta Designs the Intersection Table from Hydrowood
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