Growing architecture : how to design and build with trees

Preface: Buildings and Trees
Sonja Dümpelmann → p. 6

1 Introduction
Archetypes of growing architecture → p.10
Living bridges → p.10
Dance linden trees → p. 14
Aspects of living architecture → p.17
Baubotanik-a new field of research → p.18
The chances and challenges of growing architecture → p. 19
About this book → p. 23

2 Botanical Foundations
The capacity and contribution of trees → p.27
Limits of tree growth → p.28
Formation and functions of the basic organs
of a tree → p. 29
Formation of the tree shape→ p.38
Trees and their context → p.40
Regeneration → p.41
Biomechanics → p. 43
Water transport → p. 47
Arrangement of the shoots → p. 49
Light → p. 51
Wound healing → p. 52
Overgrowth of non-living elements → p. 55
Intergrowth → p. 58

3 Techniques and Tree Species
Long-term intergrowth studies → p. 63
Tree species selection in Baubotanik → p. 88

4 Fusion of Trees and Buildings
Integrating trees in buildings → p. 99
Integrating buildings in trees → p.103
Baubotanik a fusion of building and tree -→ p.108

5 How Living Structures Interact with Their Environment
Microclimate → p.112
Water balance and material cycles → p.117

6 Designing with Trees and Time
Design strategies → p.122
Design examples → p.126
Living root bridge, Wah Thyllong → p.128
Dance linden tree, Peesten → p.132
Ash Dome → p.136
Wacholderpark Pergolas → p.138
Cattedrale Vegetale → p.140
Torre Verde → p. 142
Baubotanik Footbridge → p.144
Bird Watching Station, Waldkirchen → p.150
Steveraue Platform → p.152
Village de Gites les Tropes → p.154
Baubotanik Tower → p.158
Plane Tree Cube, Nagold → p.162
Green Living Room, Ludwigsburg → p.170

7 Utopias and Visions: Living Archi tecture between Science and Fiction
Arthur Wiechula's living wooden houses → p.174
The Forest Garden Village by Konstantin
Kirsch → p.177
The Tree Circus by Axel Erlandson in California →p.179
The Vegetal City by Luc Schuiten →p.181
Mark Primack's Botanic Architecture → p.183
Baubotanik between science and vision →p.186

8 Vers une Arbotecture: Towards a Future Tree Architecture
A new interplay between trees and people →p.189
Designing new tree architecture → p.198

Appendix
References → p. 210
About the Authors → p. 218
Acknowledgements → p. 219
Illustration Credits → p. 220
Index → p. 222