{"id":579,"date":"2017-03-06T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/?p=579"},"modified":"2019-02-19T03:19:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T03:19:56","slug":"think-like-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/2017\/03\/06\/think-like-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Think like a tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wall full-width-video-layout\">\n<div id=\"video\" class=\"wrap cf\">\n<div class=\"screen fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eNEHUMNJQ0?rel=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer-rainbow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"barcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"wrap cf\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"post-23113\" class=\"post-23113 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cat_likeatree category-cat_oaktrees category-cat_severeweather category-cat_solutions category-cat_techbiomimicrybest tag-architecture tag-biomimicry tag-buildings tag-community tag-engineering tag-how-things-work tag-hurricane tag-ideas tag-innovation tag-leaves tag-new-orleans tag-oak-tree tag-plants tag-problem-solving tag-roots tag-science tag-spiral tag-trees tag-weather tag-wind\">\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"section-box\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div id=\"info\">\n<div class=\"entry-content rich-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxforddictionaries.com\/us\/definition\/american_english\/biomimicry\" target=\"_blank\">Biomimicry<\/a> \u2014 imitating nature\u2019s best ideas in our design of materials, structures, and systems \u2014 can provide huge leaps in our understanding when it comes to solving challenges. Example: How do we keep our buildings from being completely damaged during hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina? We might try to think like a tree\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/08\/think-like-tree-learning-oaks-survived-katrina\/\" target=\"_blank\">specifically live oak trees<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With sturdy, spiral trunks and deep roots that intertwine with neighboring trees, a live oak is a force to be reckoned with. Find out how architects and engineers are starting to think like a tree when designing safe and resilient structures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/video.wired.com\/series\/think-like-a-tree\" target=\"_blank\">Wired\u2019s Think Like a Tree<\/a>, a series that celebrates innovation and sustainability through nature-inspired design, narrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/janine_benyus\" target=\"_blank\">biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus<\/a>. Excellent all around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ensia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/feature_urban_infrastructure_inline1.jpg\">Illustration.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomimicry \u2014 imitating nature\u2019s best ideas in our design of materials, structures, and systems \u2014 can provide huge leaps in our understanding when it comes to solving challenges. Example: How do we keep our buildings from being completely damaged during hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina? We might try to think like a tree\u2026 specifically live oak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-product-design","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}