living | Design
FOR THE LOVE OF
WATER AND WOOD
REDUXWOOD WEST TRANSFORMS SUBMERGED TREES
INTO FUNCTIONAL, BEAUTIFUL FURNITURESTORY | AMANDA STUTTT
he construction of the pAnAmA cAnAl in
1914 created a vital waterway for passing ships on key trading routes
linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In preparation, the Panama
Valleys were flooded in 1907, which created great lakes, in which thou-
sands of trees were submerged. Two lakes are key parts of the canal; the Gatun
and Miraflores. In them are vast underground forests, where the actual wood didn’tdecompose, but rather, was preserved in a freshwater incubator. (^) >
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