At the first instance it may seem like a part of some screw ball entourage of those ubiquitous earth festival parades. But the truth is that designer Miguel Angel Iranzo Sanchez has envisaged a vehicular conception that “offers basic transportation on a deeply earth-rooted way.” The naturalistic element will not just limit itself to the visual side of affairs, but rather contribute to the intrinsic mechanism of the whole sustainable system.
Dubbed as the Sempreverde, the naturalistic demeanor of the vehicle is supposedly inspired by the spatial element of pergolas. Pergola is a type of garden space, in which a circular area (can be a seating space or a walkway) flanked by pillars or posts, is covered by a series of cross beams with open lattices (supported by the flanking pillars). Variety of vines and creepers are attached to the lattice section to form natural shading, thus, transforming the whole extended space into a crossover area infused with indoor intimacy and outdoor spaciousness.
The vines of ivy covering the roof section of the vehicle allude to this naturalistic system of shading. But beyond symbolism, the ivy will also act as a sort of ‘generator’, for production of clean power for the car, through the process of photosynthesis. Though we are not sure of how much power can be generated, or would this power be sufficient to drive the vehicle. Nevertheless, the novelty of the concept remains intact and perhaps it can act as an antecedent for more developed, yet low emission conceptions in the future, based on naturalistic mechanisms.
Via: Coroflot
