H. I. Ambacht

When ready, the waterline - betuining - looks exactly the way these works did in the middle ages. The willow wood is a very durable material when continuously wet. In time the roots of the alder trees will hold the soil together.

the city H. I. Ambacht Holland and the sculpture of Lucien den Arend - site specific constructions in Hendrik Ido Ambacht

x-ing 2000|2001 water, earth, Alnus (alder) steel bridges and shells Hendrik Ido AmbachtThe Netherlands


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