It’s true that you can waste a lot of time on the internet, but whilst doing so, you can also come across some really interesting stuff. Such as this little three minute video lecture from Mitchell Joachim on growing houses. The main idea apparently relies on a well established growing technique to form the main structure of a building from plants around a plywood guide scaffold.
I don’t honestly think that the artists impressions lend the idea much credence to a rabidly conservative house buying public, but I like the idea of a tree growing out of my roof and the home being a living thing a whole lot more than the other idea expressed in the talk.
“Pop your head out of the sphincter darling and let me know if I should take a coat”.
It’ll never catch on 
This is the sort of thing that needs to be shown to kids alongside Science lessons in UK schools, humans love problem solving and the idea of living machines is well established in books and on telly. If you want to increase interest in careers in Science, try and inspire with something that initially seems bonkers that might turn out not to be…
