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"Tourists from across the globe flock to Tennessee to experience the world’s
country music capital and its renowned high-quality whiskey. But as Katie
MacDonald and Kyle Schumann see it, an ubiquitous invasive plant species known
as kudzu could become yet another state export.
MacDonald and Schumann, who became architectural fellows at the University of
Tennessee Knoxville in 2019, are the co-founders of After Architecture, an
architectural studio established in 2012, whose work “responds to and confronts
environmental crises.” Central to their approach is repurposing invasive
species for architectural use due to the immense harm caused by conventional
building materials to the environment.
Spoiled for choice in Tennessee, where invasive species run rampant, kudzu, an
invasive vine, was a seemingly easy pick."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
