The Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven

Using cherry pickers and a complex network of elastic bands so that the tree will grow unimpeded, the sculptural habitat
appears spontaneous but directly reflects the local architectural context
london fieldworks

beautiful book- inside and out

Unless biodiversity is considered early on in the design process, these ever more stringent demands for increased energy efficiency of buildings will lead to losses in the biodiversity that have shared our built environment for centuries - Dr. Carol Williams

prevent hastiness

Imagine a project that does not need to be constructed, because – being a tree - it grows by itself.
Such a project only needs to be planted... The only materials to be transported are the seeds for planting. And the only energy spent is to prevent hastiness and impetuousness as such a project needs a lot of time and patience to grow

A TREE, Bureau of Architecture, Research and Design (BOARD)

the minister's treehouse

Seven years ago, Horace Burgess prayed and received divine inspiration. God said unto him "If you build me a treehouse, I’ll see you never run out of material." And so Horace built, and built, and built... from here

overgrown

chrissie macdonald

rooted

The Mapungubwe National Park celebrates the site of an ancient trading civilization in the context of a natural setting. The complex landscape was both the inspiration for the design and the source of the materials for the construction of the new Interpretation Centre, resulting in a composition of structures that are authentically rooted to their location. (peter rich architects)

civilized

photo from here

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized. (rachel carson)

tree in front of billboard

helmut smits

i hate nature

I hate spiders. I hate earthquakes. I hate genetic diseases and AIDS. Nature is dirty. Birds poop all over my car. Nature causes death. It takes up too much space. It brings ice onto the roads, germs into our living rooms, and water through the windows.

REAL Nature is disconnected from our FANTASY about it: I, like most people, want Nature...functional and in its place.

-Martha Schwartz, I HATE NATURE: An American Cautionary