This Month In Awesome: A Giant Hammock

August 12, 2010

Hansy Better designed the largest portable hammock ever constructed. It is being built on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. (WBUR)

Hansy Better is building the world's largest hammock on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. (WBUR)

We talk with Awesome Foundation grantee Hansy Better, who has designed and is in the process of building a giant hammock on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. It will be the largest portable hammock ever built.

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Here is a link to some video/still photos of people weaving the Big Hammock on the Greenway. Images provided by the Boston Society of Architects. http://www.vimeo.com/14431611

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