Green Options » living architecture http://greenoptions.com/tag/living-architecture Posts tagged 'living architecture' Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:44:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Grow-Your-Own Architecture http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:44:28 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/ American Friends of Tel Aviv University.)This has got to be one of the coolest green concepts I’ve seen in a long time: shaping the malleable roots of ficus trees into useful, eco-friendly structures like benches, playground equipment, bus stops and even umbrella stands. The “eco-architecture” technique could one day even be used to grow homes, according to the researchers at Plantware and American Friends of Tel Aviv University. (Be sure to check out the mind-boggling gallery of tree-based structures at Plantware’s online gallery.)

Image credit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University

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