hilbert's tree of equality

what if we could grow our buildings from plants? 'hilbert's tree of equality' imagines a near future in which a plant's fractal growth is modified to expand into the structure of a skyscraper — blurring the boundaries between architecture and nature, artificial and natural, inside and outside.

concept

three parameters of the tree's dna are modified: dimension (as tall as a giant redwood), direction (following the space-filling 'hilbert curve' for dense, flexible space) and durability (a self-healing trunk that grows ever stronger). the result is an open structure in the spirit of john habraken — a vertical city of housing, work, workshops and markets that its inhabitants extend themselves: a carbon-reducing skyscraper with a global, socio-ecological impact.