Designing living buildings with trees | Ferdinand Ludwig | TEDxTUM
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2020
- As a child, did you want to live up in the treetops? This dream could just become possible: by combining living and traditional building materials, Ferdinand Ludwig creates new types of structures that grow, live, and could one day even house us. In this talk, he shares his vision of this future and explains the ancient and modern techniques it requires to become reality.
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If you ask architect and TUM Professor Ferdinand Ludwig about his hobbies, he’ll talk to you about trees. In fact, he says that he drives his friends and family crazy with his tree-talk, but here’s the thing: it’s in his nature.
With a PhD in architecture and a passion for trees, a revolutionary synthesis was forged: Baubotanik. This innovative way of constructing-blending the natural with the manmade to create structures for the future-launched Ferdinand into a new league of thinkers in the field of architecture. He’s become someone willing to step outside the constraints of the norm to do things differently. By developing the approach of Baubotanik with his associate, Daniel Schönle, multiple living structures have already been vitalized in Europe.
Ferdinand’s ultimate goal? A future where clients want to build boldly, and aren’t afraid to incorporate nature into their blueprints…no matter how risky it may seem. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I've been in the construction industry for over 15 years. I agree that living structures could be superior to dead structures in every way. Unfortunately the main downside is time to construct. I've been thinking about this idea for over ten years. It took me this long to aquire property with trees. Currently I'm working on the basement and below ground structures with roots. Also working on using materials that intentionally degrade at specific rates so that decaying matter can be replaced with living structure. I have found that there are pros and cons when using trees of different ages, species, etc. Also incorporating different plants such as perennial bushes and vines can accelerate or decelerate things depending on application. Having a permaculture mindset helps, bc I think the idea is to eventually just do a little work every year, rather than a lot at once.
That is wonderful! Good for you, And if you can spread what you learn, good for our future.
This is a fantastic idea!! I wish to see one of these houses very soon!!
Well done sir Ferdinand Ludwig , that was the best speech for me.
I've watched it . Super amazing about Living Architectures .
Thanks for sharing our Living Architectures in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills .
With Love from the Village of Jaintia and Khasi Hills we thanks everyone who watched this video .
Wow I am so inspired by this ! Yea I’m going to build a forest dance floor :) so many possibles
For a more in-depth video about the structure he built in Germany, watch:
'Baubotanik shapes living tree branches into building facades'
It's right here on RUclips!
thtas such a great idea lests do this
The Paulowina tree also known as the empress tree is incredibly fast growing, very difficult to kill and absorbs 10 times more CO2 than any other tree species. It seems like a good candidate for living buildings. There are now non invasive clones since the originals tended to overtake any other native plant.
10 times more by weight? Because I think that redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirons) sequester more carbon because of their large size. Their shape doesn't lend itself to buildings well though.
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You know I always thought you could use clones by tree layering and then it'd be genetically the same tree so essentially you could have make one massive tree and everything should work better just because the genetics are the same it would intertwine into one
this is sad