A House That Lives
A House That Lives
by Morgan Maher
http://www.realitysandwich.com/node/266
Inspired by Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, and Alcott, New York designers TeReForm are taking orders for the Fab Tree Hab, a house built of living trees. Using a gardening technique called “pleaching” - trees, plants and vines are woven together to form archways, ceilings and wall.
Composed with 100% living nutrients, the home becomes indistinct and fits itself symbiotically into the surrounding ecosystem. Trees and plants initially grow over a plywood structure. Once stable, the plywood is removed and reused.
Trees such as Elm, Live Oak, and Dogwood form the load-bearing elements while a clay and straw composite insulates and blocks moisture. Water circulates from a roof-top collector, through human consumption, and ultimately exiting via transpiration. A gray water stream irrigates the gardens, and a filtration stream enters a Living Machine, where it is purified by bacteria, fish, and plants who eat the organic wastes. Water consumed by the vegetation eventually returns to the water cycle through transpiration, simultaneously cooling the home. In the winter, sunlight shines through the large south-facing windows, heating the open floor-space and thermal mass. The entire structure provides sustenance for both human inhabitants and local wildlife.
TeReForm, non-profit philanthropic design collaborative, envision a village of living homes that meld with the environment.
by Morgan Maher
http://www.realitysandwich.com/node/266
Inspired by Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, and Alcott, New York designers TeReForm are taking orders for the Fab Tree Hab, a house built of living trees. Using a gardening technique called “pleaching” - trees, plants and vines are woven together to form archways, ceilings and wall.
Composed with 100% living nutrients, the home becomes indistinct and fits itself symbiotically into the surrounding ecosystem. Trees and plants initially grow over a plywood structure. Once stable, the plywood is removed and reused.
Trees such as Elm, Live Oak, and Dogwood form the load-bearing elements while a clay and straw composite insulates and blocks moisture. Water circulates from a roof-top collector, through human consumption, and ultimately exiting via transpiration. A gray water stream irrigates the gardens, and a filtration stream enters a Living Machine, where it is purified by bacteria, fish, and plants who eat the organic wastes. Water consumed by the vegetation eventually returns to the water cycle through transpiration, simultaneously cooling the home. In the winter, sunlight shines through the large south-facing windows, heating the open floor-space and thermal mass. The entire structure provides sustenance for both human inhabitants and local wildlife.
TeReForm, non-profit philanthropic design collaborative, envision a village of living homes that meld with the environment.
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