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As far as I understand it, the mechanisms that trees and other plants use to make themselves plant-shapes wouldn’t generalize to other useful things like houses
by maxander 7y ago
As far as I understand it, the mechanisms that trees and other plants use to make themselves plant-shapes wouldn’t generalize to other useful things like houses; e.g., the algorithm is something akin to an L-system [0], and there’s only so much one can do with that.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system
- fouc 7y agoWell you could program a die off of cells, so internals of a tree could possibly be hollowed out with rooms.
- vanderZwan 7y agoWhat if you use multiple trees together? A system of L-systems surely allows for more complexity? EDIT: Might even lead to interesting "composite materials" if you can get different wood types to (semi)fuse together naturally.