Category Archives: living structures
Bosco Verticale Redefines Treehouse Living
Bosco Verticale, which translates from Italian as “the vertical forest”, is a whole new concept in living with nature. Not everyone has the luxury of access to wilderness in which to commune with nature. In increasingly populated urban centres, many are deeply hemmed in by city with the nearest natural areas being a few […]
Grown Tree Root Bridges
These are the living bridges made from tree roots in Cherrapunji, India. Five hundred or so years ago, locals discovered a way to shape the roots of the Ficus Elastica tree (commonly known as the rubber tree) in a way that could provide the strength and support necessary for bridging rivers. The rubber tree’s roots […]
Arbo-Architecture: Botany Building Treehouses
Three architects from Germany — Ferdinand Ludwig, Oliver Storz, and Hannes Schwertfeger — are experimenting with a new specialty they call “building botany.” The idea is to use fast growing trees to create a living structure to support buildings such as houses. First, the architects build a conventional support structure. Young, flexible trees are attached […]
Mitchell Joachim’s Fab Hab Treehouse
Mitchell has a cool site with some visionary architectural ideas. One of my favorites is the pleached tree house — a home grown from live plants that are woven and bent into shape as sapplings to form the structure. The obvious comment: “Man, that must take a long time to make.” And it’s true, the […]