An innovative way of devising and constructing residential units is essential for our continuation and utilization of our planet’s resources. For example, residential units are one of the major causes of pollution on our planet due to the amount of greenhouse gases released into the air, the waste that gets produced from the occupants, and the treatment of water for drinking. Our modern ideology of residential home designs requires a change in order for humans to reside on the planet in a sustainable way, such as employing a morphogenetic design. A morphogenetic design entails the residential dwelling continuous growth with the family that lives in it and will evolve to its surroundings in order to incorporate itself into the existing ecological system that it is placed in.
This morphogenetic design will be self-replicating and self-fabricating using the idea of nature as its structural base, created through genetic engineering of various plant species. The morphogenetic design will provide a source of power for the functions of everyday living. It will also provide a source of food for its residents by producing fruits and vegetables like a garden would. The organic waste that is product by the residents will provide a food source for the morphogenetic design . The design will be a self-sustaining organism that will create a symbiotic relationship with its inhabitants. The design will take on many different appearances depending on which ecosystem it is placed in. In nature plants filter water and remove many toxins that are harmful to human being in the soil and air. The roll that plants offers in the natural world makes it the ideal organism to build with.
The end result will be a home that fits into its local ecosystem providing a solution to our growing economical and ecological problem. With the rapid atmospheric and ecological changes that are happening in the world, a dramatic change must occur in how humans, particularly modern, western cultures, interact with their local ecosystems. This rapidly built, affordable housing would be able to evolve to any climate on the planet. This idea could potentially solve the food and water shortages, whilst simultaneously fixing a number of other problems that our world is facing today.
The main research focus for the quarter will be on the anatomy of plant structures and how they can be manipulated in order to form a housing structure. The research that is involved and the outcome that is need must be in the realm of the avant garde. These ideas that come from this research must push our ideas of what housing is and what it can do.
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