Tree Architecture
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Tree Architecture
Tree Architecture explores the intersection of trees and architectural design, revealing how nature's forms inspire sustainable and innovative building practices. It examines how architectural designs mimic tree structures for enhanced stability using biomimicry, such as emulating branching patterns to distribute weight efficiently. The book also highlights the ecological role of trees in urban settings, emphasizing their ability to improve air quality and mitigate the urban heat island effect. The book is divided into three central themes, moving from direct inspiration to sustainable materials and ecological roles. It assesses the use of wood and engineered wood products, detailing their benefits and limitations concerning climate change. Case studies and examples illustrate the practical application of integrating trees into architectural projects, offering a vision for nature-integrated design. What makes this book unique is it's comprehensive approach, bridging architectural theory with ecological practice. Using an accessible yet informed tone, Tree Architecture highlights the importance of understanding both architectural principles and ecological concepts to foster sustainable building solutions.
Size- and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function
Author: Frederick C. Meinzer
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2011-06-29
Millions of trees live and grow all around us, and we all recognize the vital role they play in the world’s ecosystems. Publicity campaigns exhort us to plant yet more. Yet until recently comparatively little was known about the root causes of the physical changes that attend their growth. Since trees typically increase in size by three to four orders of magnitude in their journey to maturity, this gap in our knowledge has been a crucial issue to address. Here at last is a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge about both the causes and consequences of ontogenetic changes in key features of tree structure and function. During their ontogeny, trees undergo numerous changes in their physiological function, the structure and mechanical properties of their wood, and overall architecture and allometry. This book examines the central interplay between these changes and tree size and age. It also explores the impact these changes can have, at the level of the individual tree, on the emerging characteristics of forest ecosystems at various stages of their development. The analysis offers an explanation for the importance of discriminating between the varied physical properties arising from the nexus of size and age, as well as highlighting the implications these ontogenetic changes have for commercial forestry and climate change. This important and timely summation of our knowledge base in this area, written by highly respected researchers, will be of huge interest, not only to researchers, but also to forest managers and silviculturists.
Annual Plant Reviews, Plant Architecture and its Manipulation
Author: Colin G. N. Turnbull
language: en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date: 2009-02-05
Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 17 Conventionally, architecture relates to buildings, embracing both art and science, and specifying both form and function. In scope, this closely matches the study of plant architecture. From an artistic perspective, we might marvel at the astonishing diversity of aesthetically pleasing plant structures, yet as scientists we know that, through natural selection, very little of form is dissociated from function. The origins of studies of plant architecture and their influences on human existence are steeped in history, but, from a twenty-first century perspective, the field has been transformed from a discipline of observation and description into one in which complex networks of genetic, chemical and environmental factors can be directly manipulated and modelled. Arguably, manipulation of plant architecture has been one of the greatest mainstays of plant improvement - perhaps second only to the discoveries of the nutritional requirements of plants. With the advent of the ‘gene revolution’, there are countless new opportunities for selective modification of plant architecture. This book provides a broad coverage of our current understanding of plant architecture and its manipulation, ranging from the architecture of the individual cell to that of the whole plant. It is directed at researchers and professionals in plant physiology, developmental biology, molecular biology, genetics and biotechnology.