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Title: Stillwell Farms Dome


1
Stillwell Farms Dome
  • A masterpiece in living willow architecture

2
Motivations
  • Skepticism
  • Does this actually work?
  • Summer housing
  • Cheaper than C-town sublet
  • Close to work

3
Research
  • Plenty of internet resources
  • HDRA Organic organisation factsheet
    http//www.hdra.org.uk/factsheets/gg37.htm
  • BBC Gardening http//www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/desig
    n/projects/fencing_willowstructure.shtml
  • Living Willow Structure by JonWarnes

4
Design
  • One simply shaped really big dome with a single
    door. Simple and large scale.

5
Construction
  • Trench dug
  • One foot deep by ten feet wide (2 shovel lengths)

6
Construction
  • Willow cut
  • All spears cut from a fallen Black Willow (Salix
    negra) trunk near a streambed with a chainsaw
  • About 30 large spears (2 inch diameter) with
    many smaller shoots
  • Most branches had two or three years of growth

7
Construction
  • Larger Spears tied into archs
  • Continuously wrapped (a method found to be
    effective in class)
  • Arches leaned against each other and tied at the
    top

8
Construction
  • Smaller spears added at various angles for
    support and fullness
  • Shoots will develop new growth along the stem
    when branch angles approach 45 degrees
  • Every connection tied firmly with twine (I found
    a useful knot by about 50 ties)
  • Trench filled, soil watered

9
Finished Product
Forgot to take a picture, but these are close
10
Artistic considerations
  • Made to mirror the shape of straw-bale house on
    site
  • Both dome shaped, seen together
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