Graft structures - the ultimate "green" home
Solomon
There is a way for humans to create skyscrapers that are completely
sturdy and very much resistant to earthquakes. It is, however, a
lengthy process - it takes time, but then the end results will be very
worth it. It takes too long to be profitable from a commercial
perspective, but it -is- something that private individuals might be
interested in doing. You'll essentially be constructing an
architecturally engineered "treehouse" - literally.
Take your strongest trees. If they happen to have branches with
foliage sprouting from the entire height of the trunk, that is ideal.
If it doesn't have this naturally, you might want to consider prepping
the tree for future harvesting by grafting foliage-bearing limbs &
twigs into the bark - they need not be the same species of the tree,
they simply need to be able to supply it with food.
Cut block-like segments of bark and wood (as one single piece) from
the trunk of the tree. These blocks can be arranged in just about any
architectural fashion you desire. Arrange them so that the living,
functional part of the segments connect to one another. Where this is
a difficult task, you can synthesize a sort of "paste" that will
enable the segments to survive until they grow together.
Simply keep the segments alive until the wound-healing layer on each
segment has managed to bind it with the segments around it. Nurture
and sustain it. As it grows, the inner face will eventually become a
single, unbroken layer of dead wood.
Having a structure that is literally one single enmeshed piece
provides ultimate stability. The tree can be permitted to continue
growing for as long as you like, though it's not necessary to go much
more than a foot or two thick.
Yes, I know, it won't be enough to be practically useful in the
construction market, but it -will- be a good way to produce buildings
that can last and that can endure just about anything concrete & steel
buildings can't.
Structures like these can be continued for centuries, the
outward-expanding wall of the tree being fairly easy to shape over
time into whatever other structures might be desired. You can, for
instance, "grow" new rooms to the house by placing obstacles up
against the tree that are shaped like the room you're seeking to
build.
A single treehouse can be grown indefinitely. There would be no reason
you couldn't eventually make an entire city out of one.
Just a thought.
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