Vegetal Cities
A reimagining of city design by Belgian architect Luc Schuiten. His concept is to blend the natural with the artificial by using living architecture to construct urban centres. To do this Schuiten envisions new ways to plant trees and shape their growth, pruning and grafting them into buildings and residences, using textiles and bioluminescence. Honestly, it’s one of the most delightfully solarpunk city concepts out there!
“The City of Habitarbres [habitable trees] develops in a remodeled forest environment tailored to the needs of a new lifestyle. The people are no longer consumers, but the actors of a new ecosystem that enables the management and the development of every term and ensures a long-term evolution of the city.” – Luc Schuiten
