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[[Image:NanoBuilding.jpg|thumb|none|750px|A living root suspension bridge from NE India (c/o http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/)]] | [[Image:NanoBuilding.jpg|thumb|none|750px|A living root suspension bridge from NE India (c/o http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/)]] | ||
This is the project page for exploring when it makes sense to grow a house (or any other large scale human engineered structure), and how one would go about making it happen. Or a bit more detailed, to research the ways of building facilities from nano scale into meter scale. It might seem science fiction, but nature does it successfuly for quite some time (and the picture above shows that some people can cooperate with nature in a very sustainable way). On the other hand encouraging research is going on in nanotechnology (carbon nano tubes, or even better carbon nano mesh seem to be useful material) and synthetic biology, the later giving the motivation for this project. But it is not just the potentials or curiosity, there are other reasons for exploring new ways of building: unsustainable traditional building process (construction industry produces much pollution and waste), unsustainable and expensive buildings, and 1/4 population not able to afford decent housing. | '''Introduction:''' This is the front project page for exploring when it makes sense to grow a house (or any other large scale human engineered structure), and how one would go about making it happen. Or a bit more detailed, to research the ways of building facilities from nano scale into meter scale. It might seem science fiction, but nature does it successfuly for quite some time (and the picture above shows that some people can cooperate with nature in a very sustainable way). On the other hand encouraging research is going on in nanotechnology (carbon nano tubes, or even better carbon nano mesh seem to be useful material) and synthetic biology, the later giving the motivation for this project. But it is not just the potentials or curiosity, there are other reasons for exploring new ways of building: unsustainable traditional building process (construction industry produces much pollution and waste), unsustainable and expensive buildings, and 1/4 population not able to afford decent housing. | ||
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Introduction: This is the front project page for exploring when it makes sense to grow a house (or any other large scale human engineered structure), and how one would go about making it happen. Or a bit more detailed, to research the ways of building facilities from nano scale into meter scale. It might seem science fiction, but nature does it successfuly for quite some time (and the picture above shows that some people can cooperate with nature in a very sustainable way). On the other hand encouraging research is going on in nanotechnology (carbon nano tubes, or even better carbon nano mesh seem to be useful material) and synthetic biology, the later giving the motivation for this project. But it is not just the potentials or curiosity, there are other reasons for exploring new ways of building: unsustainable traditional building process (construction industry produces much pollution and waste), unsustainable and expensive buildings, and 1/4 population not able to afford decent housing.
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