Heinz Isler ice structures.
Posted: 04/18/2011 Filed under: architecture, art, nature | Tags: architecture, engeneering, heinz isler, snow Leave a commentThe swiss engineer started experimenting with ice just a few years afer graduating from
university.
He would hang nets, cloth, strings and balloons on trees, and support them
from below with rods. They took on their natural form through their own weight and the
wind. Sprayed with water, they iced over and formed self supporting structures. Often, a
millimeter thick layer of ice was enough to allow the supporting structure to be removed.