Andrea von Chrismar Weaves Giant Structures Out of Wicker

<a href="http://marqa.cl/perfil/andrea-von-chrismar/">Andrea von Chrismar</a> creates incredible wicker structures that stand easily ten to fifteen times larger than your standard basket or chair. Although weaving willow into small objects and furniture is a longstanding tradition in the designer's home country of Chile, there are few examples of buildings being created out of this gorgeous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_material">natural material</a>. Chrismar's beautiful series of rounded screens show that<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker">wicker</a> makes a delightfully stable and resilient building material when scaled up from design to architecture.

Andrea von Chrismar may be the first person to weave architecture

Wicker has been used for weaving furniture and other objects for centuries

So von Chrismar decided to experiment with it as a building material

The Chilean designer found that wicker scaled as architecture is more flexible than smaller objects

Woven architecture is also resistant to stretching

Willow or wicker is a natural, renewable material that has the same aesthetic appeal as bamboo

Woven architecture creates wonderful shade and diffuses light, creating shelter from the sun

This is the wicker before it is dried out

Woven architecture has none of the sharp edges associated with geometric design

The thickness of the wicker fiber and how it is structured determine how strong it will be as a building material.