Beware of Squirrels
Want a treehouse? A New York architect is taking orders for buildings constructed out of—and by—living trees. Mitchell Joachim developed the Fab Tree Hab with some colleagues while at MIT, but now he’s gone past the conceptual stage with his nonprofit, Terreform.
The idea is to allow plants to grow over a computer-designed plywood structure. Once the plants are interconnected and stable, the plywood is removed and reused. Joachim is experimenting with Israeli plants that grow quickly and develop an interwoven root structure that’s soft enough to “train” over the plywood, but then hardens into a more durable structure. The inside walls would be conventional clay and plaster.
It may take a while before houses are actually built. And the growing nature of the homes present challenges. One is with zoning: no municipality wants to grant a construction permit to a home that keeps changing. Windows are another problem. Joachim is experimenting with soy-based windows that could stretch with a home’s exterior. Dying trees would be less of an issue, since rotted portions could always be replaced with live trees.
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The Mexico Building Team arrived safely in Laredo on Sunday, February 15. They reported yesterday that, despite intermittent rains, they were able to complete the first of three houses in the los colonias area of Nuevo Laredo.
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Many immigrants come to work in the US, and when they do, they usually leave family behind. Often, their primary objective is to make money and provide for their families back home. Some companies - like the Mexico-based multinational cement giant CEMEX - are taking advantage of this situation and are starting to productize remittances. Instead of sending cash to their families back home, immigrants using a program called Construmex send aid in the form of housing materials.
United States of America (Press Release) February 3, 2009 –
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