Tree Track 2011
The
Flevopolder is a region of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. As part of an
initiative to encourage use of local wood grown in the Flevopolder, Meindertsma
was asked by the InnovatieNetwerk, a government organisation, to articulate the potential of this local
natural resource.
The
solution came in the shape of a huge wooden toy, made from an entire felled
Beech tree. The tree was carefully dissected, whilst keeping it complete, and
turned into a train track by woodworkers Kuperus & Gardenier. The toy demonstrates the way minerals and nutrients move through a living tree,
from the roots to the leaves, by the movement of toy trains along a track.
COMMISSIONED BY: InnovatieNetwerk
CREDITS:
Marleen
van den Ham, Kuperus & Gardenier, Harm Goslink Kuiper, Roel van Tour
