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A greenhouse grown from a wet field
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workWETHOUSE: Growing Architecture from Wetlands (Yvonne Gu, 3h57m), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- Gu, an assistant professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture 3h57m.com
- 3h57m.com/about 3h57m.com
- DDW editorial feature (not press), 20 Oct 2026, "From insect resin to growing crystals" ddw.nl
- strijp-s.nl/historie strijp-s.nl
- ddw.nl/en/locations/ketelhuisplein ddw.nl
- 7065 vorming creatie en verkoopkunde (eindhoven.kunstwacht.nl) eindhoven.kunstwacht.nl
- Ketelhuis strijp s (feverup.com) feverup.com
- Project14 wethouse (3h57m.com) 3h57m.com
- Dutch design week festival 2026 raw rebel real (designwanted.com) designwanted.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A physical model of a greenhouse: wooden arched ribs under clear sheeting, reed wall panels on one side and a bed of green plants on the otherPhoto: Yvonne Gu/3h57mMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Step diagram: grow wetland plants on wet land, make them into building parts, build the greenhouse, and let the roof's rain water the next cropImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 3
- Two-column diagram: wetland plants on the left (reed, cattail, sedge, willow), building parts on the right (insulation, wall panels, woven screens, thatch, clay-fibre composites)Image: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 1914, WETHOUSE (Wet Materials)
- Slide 4
- Inside a greenhouse with ribbed clear walls and a metal frame, a person seen from the side holds a blue hose under a hanging white lamp, brick wall behindPhoto: Yvonne Gu/3h57mMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Step diagram of the rain loop: rain falls on the roof, runs to gutters, waters wetland crops, which are harvested into panelsImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 1914, WETHOUSE (Circular Greenhouse; Living Prototype)
- Ring frame
- Basket, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-12400-100)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record