In 2010 TED Talk, Mitchell Joachim, a co-founder of Terreform ONE and an associate professor at NYU, introduced his vision for sustainable and organic architecture: eco-friendly abodes grown from plants and meat. [2] Fab Tree Hab is a hypothetical ecological home that is designed for its sustainability without any waste. The home’s gardens and exterior walls continue to produce nutrients for people and animals that this living home is entirely edible so as to provide food to some organisms at each stage of its life cycle. [1]

This Fab Tree House presents a sophisticated methodology to grow homes from living native trees. This 100% living habitat is prefabricated using Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) reusable scaffolding, manufactured off-site in advance. [1] These scaffold sections can be readily and assembled to fit local tree and woody plant species. [1]

Prefabricated templates cut from 3D computer files control the early vegetative development and it is then channeled into a specific geometry using the CNC scaffolds and grafted into its shape. [1] After the plants are pleached together, the scaffolding is removed to be reused for another dwelling.

The Fab Tree House is a living structure single-family home that unprecedentedly encompasses the nature. Considering increases population, lack of houses, importance of sustainability, Fab Tree House could be part of solution for our future.

References:

[1] http://www.archinode.com/Arch9fab.html

[2] https://www.ted.com/playlists/28/sustainability_by_design