OT: Houses Woven out of Trees

[Guest guest]

I saw this and I just had to share:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060116/treehouse_tec.html?source=rss

Excerpts:

" Joachim, part of the MIT Media Lab's Smart Cities Group,

along with ecological engineer Lara Greden and architect

Arbona, propose a home that is actually an ecosystem. "

" The habitat is based on an ancient gardening method known as

pleaching, which weaves together tree branches to form living

archways, lattices or screens. "

" Water would be gathered in a roof-top trough and circulate by gravity

through the house, where it would be used by the inhabitants, filtered

through a garden, and purified in a pond containing bacteria, fish,

and plants that consume organic waste. "

I always wanted a treehouse... I never thought I'd give up the idea.

Now I want one of these instead!

-Lana

[Guest guest]

Lana-

Extraordinary! Many thanks for posting this! Do you know whether

the channel is doing a show on the subject?

> " Water would be gathered in a roof-top trough and circulate by gravity

>through the house, where it would be used by the inhabitants, filtered

>through a garden, and purified in a pond containing bacteria, fish,

>and plants that consume organic waste. "

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[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, not to my knowledge. If it would show on any of their

series, I would think it would be on Extreme Engineering - but that

seems to focus on things that have already been achieved.

If I hear anything, I will let you know.

It really is such an awesome idea. I thought the eco-house contest

was neat (I can't seem to dig up the link, there were some great ideas

in there - anyone know what I'm talking about?), but it really doesn't

hold a candle to this personal ecosystem.

-Lana, who is already sketching out concept art for her woven treehouse.

On 1/23/06, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> Lana-

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> Extraordinary! Many thanks for posting this! Do you know whether

> the channel is doing a show on the subject?

>

> > " Water would be gathered in a roof-top trough and circulate by gravity

> >through the house, where it would be used by the inhabitants, filtered

> >through a garden, and purified in a pond containing bacteria, fish,

> >and plants that consume organic waste. "

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