The Living Bridges Of India

Visit the indigenous groups in north-east India. As well as being regenerative form of architecture, living root bridges grow stronger with time, self-repairing and become more robust as they age. When it rains heavily, small cement bridges wash away and steel bridges tend to rust, but living root bridges withstand the rains. Root bridges are much durable than modern alternatives, and they cost absolutely nothing. Kerala (the state where I live) should learn from the indigenous groups in north-east India. These bridges are brilliant examples of not just sustainable development, which minimizes the damage and degradation of natural systems, but of regenerative development.

Useful links:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211117-how-indias-living-bridges-could-transform-architecture

https://rootbridge.in