In this anthropocentric era which we face the irrevocable effects of climate change, the importance of nature in our daily lives has not been conceived yet. The pod aims to create a dialogue between the natural systems and the man-made world by suggesting an interface born from the data stored in during the carbon capturing born from the mutualistic relationship between the trees and fungi. The interface will be formed with a sub-structure holding an organic layer composed from used coffee grounds where the fungi can grow while morphology of the root structure shapes the growth pattern.

A spatial experience around the tree will enable visitors to observe living beings that it co-exists throughout it’s lifetime. The designed structure will create unique ways of seeing the relationship between nature, nature’s architecture and human’s architecture together with the realization of how much carbon stored on the roots of the visited tree. The growth structure will be transported to it’s new location as a digital twin of the data that tree generates to showcase the importance of a mature tree raising from a pod. An assistive technologies like VR and AR will help people to connection between the nature and it’s code.

Melike Altinisik Architects - The Pod