Growing architecture : how to design and build with trees / Ferdinad Ludwig, Daniel Schönle ; with a preface by Sonja Dümpelmann.

Building with trees has a tradition that stretches from the living bridges of India to dancing lime trees. Following on from this, the new discipline of Baubotanik is dedicated to designing with trees. Built projects and visionary concepts point the way to a new green architecture. This introduction...

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Main Authors: Ludwig, Ferdinand (Author), Schönle, Daniel (Author)
Other Authors: Duempelmann, Sonja (colaborator.)
Other title:Wachsende architektur. English
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface: Buildings and Trees
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Botanical Foundations
  • 3 Techniques and Tree Species
  • 4 Fusion of Trees and Buildings
  • 5 How Living Structures Interact with Their Environment
  • 6 Designing with Trees and Time
  • 7 Utopias and Visions: Living Architecture between Science and Fiction
  • 8 Vers une Arbotecture: Towards a Future Tree Architecture
  • Appendix