Big cities these days have little space for trees and we have little time to care about their absence. We just meander on without really worrying about stuff like that, apart from the few times when we see a moving documentary on television. Even then, you move on the moment you switch to another channel. But Mario Caceres and Cristian Canonico of Influx Studio have decided to add vegetation to urban settings; and this is not your conventional green!
The Treepods are more like alien-designs that dropped out of Hollywood. But the fact is that they could not be more earth-like, if they tried. Inspired by nature (Biomimicry), the designs imitate the look of a Dragon tree. While it would be great to have such trees line-up the city roads, we really are not going to see that happen anytime soon. So, in come the Treepods!
The Treepods sport photovoltaic panels that generate solar energy, which can be used to power up local communities. They are fitted with LED lighting that allows the Treepods to dazzle in the dark in a multitude of colors. The base is utilized as a recreational center with swings, see-saw and other installations that convert kinetic energy into electric energy as well!
This simply begs the question of why those thousands of parks across the globe are not tapping into toddler-power and making energy out of the swings, slides and more. Either way, Treepod gets that done. The most important use of the Treepods is their ability to convert CO2 into Oxygen (just like natural vegetation) by using the latest ‘Humidity Swing’ Technology.
In short, we just love the Treepods. Now if they can only shrink into tiny little pins the moment they feel threatened… You know, like the ones in Avatar!
Via: e-architect
