The Snøhetta 'Intersection' table has been created by the architecture studio as a functional piece of furniture crafted out of an unlikely kind of material.
The table is achieved using sunken wood from the bottom of Pieman Lake in Tasmania, Australia which was sourced by Hydrowood. The final result is a five-meter-long table that's a one-off design and crafted using materials that were previously assumed to be lost forever. The table is functional, fashionable and shows off its natural characteristics for onlookers to admire.
Managing Director Kaare Krokene commented on the Snøhetta 'Intersection' table saying, "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."
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The Snøhetta 'Intersection' Table is Made From Sunken Timber
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