Growing Architecture: How to Design and Build with Trees

Ferdinand Ludwig; Daniel Schönle

Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Growing Architecture

How to Design and Build with Trees

Ferdinand Ludwig and Daniel Schönle

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035603392

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About this book

A growing, living house, a building made of a plant seems to be a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, the Khasi in eastern India already knew how to connect the branches of rubber trees to form footbridges, and in southern Germany dance lime trees formed the centre of villages for centuries. Following on from this, the new discipline of Baubotanik is dedicated to designing with trees. Built projects, prototypes and visionary concepts point the way to a new green architecture. This introduction shows the possibilities of such living constructions and goes into the botanical growth laws that guide the design. The basics of constructing with trees are presented. The book encourages a whole new look at architecture that becomes part of urban nature.

With numerous international examples and fascinating visual material
Overview of tree species suitable for construction
Botanical structures, like trees, contribute to local climate improvement

Author / Editor information

Ferdinand Ludwig, Professor for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture, TU München

Daniel Schönle, Architect and Urban Planner, Stuttgart

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface: Buildings and Trees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
2 Botanical Foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3 Techniques and Tree Species Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4 Fusion of Trees and Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
5 How Living Structures Interact with Their Environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
6 Designing with Trees and Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
7 Utopias and Visions: Living Architecture between Science and Fiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
8 Vers une Arbotecture: Towards a Future Tree Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 30
- Coloured Illustrations: 219
- Line drawings: 60
- Images: 60
- Coloured Images: 260
Keywords: Trees; arbotecture; Primack; botanic architecture; Baubotanik; living architecture; inosculation; plane trees; willow trees; dance linden tree

eBook

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783035603392

Paperback

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783035603323