24-01-2020 19:00 via dezeen.com

Julia Lohmann brings seaweed pavilion to Davos as climate change warning

Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week.
Called Hidaka Ohmu, the organically shaped pavilion is formed from semi-translucent panels of a large seaweed – or macroalgae – called kelp, laid over a rattan frame.The kelp is treated to remain flexible so that it can be stretched like leather.
It is installed against a window in the conference centre,
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