One might research this concept genetically and a project might be initiated so groundwork for this idea becomes reality.  It might take quite awhile for an idea like this to grow and come to fruition, but hopefully that much sooner with shared interest.  If there are any comments or questions please see the bottom of the blog for contact info.

 

 

     The walls and roof could be a composite of various evergreens and cacti to provide oxygen and a food source.  A unified genetically pleached branch (see arborsmith.com for defintion of pleach) or large appropriately placed leaves might serve as roofing material depending on how much insulation was needed.  The opaque portions of varigated leaves could form semi diaphanous windows that would allow light into the living dwelling.  Big genetically engineered cotton pods stemming from the interior of the home might be used as bedding.  Tables and chairs could be grown directly from the walls and floor.  Cork could also be used as a padding for floors or seats.  Rain water could be collected from the roof and drain down through hollow drainage trunks similar to bamboo that allowed water to drain from the roof to the roots below (like bamboo without the internal structural segments).  The roots might be oriented like upside down mushroom caps that might "cup" and collect liquid and dissolved soil nutrients to provide maximum absorption of said nutrients. 

 

     Guttation to a pitcher plant or rafflesia might be feasible.  All the food producing plants known could be genetically engineered into the makeup of the living plant building to provide a nourishing liquid food source if one got was in need of nourishment.  This liquid food source would be faster and easier to produce than seed or fruit as cellulose fibers and hard seed casings wouldn't need to be made.  This liquid ambrosia formed from the grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and fruits that sustain life on Earth today could form this organic cocktail which could be further improved using a genetic matrix specifically designed for the individual at the genetic level to provide the most efficient food possible.

 

Using the genetic material of all flora such as: baobab (for life span and girth), bristlecone pine (life span), and redwood (life span, height, insect resistance and fungal resistance), one could have a food and oxygen producing shelter that could live several thousand years and might grow to functionality rapidly using Kudzu dna which grows a foot a day or seaweed and bamboo which can grow two feet a day (if the right environmental conditions and nutrient medium was used). 

 

Bioluminescent fungi might be used at the cellular level in conjunction with chloroplast to give a living light.  This bioluminescence could be bright enough to sustain the photosynthetic process without need for sunlight or artificial light.

 

Plant Types and Qualities

Baobab - age, breadth

Redwood Sequoia sempervirens - life span, height, rot, frost and fire resistance

Ficus - crown and root spread, natural pleaching ability, and support trunks with canopies that can grow up to 4 acres

Giant bamboo Dendrocalamus giganteus - rapid growth, chambered insulated walls, hollow living pipes

Alocasia macrorrhiza - giant leaves

Johannesteijsmannia altifrons - long giant leaves

California Kelp -  Macrocystis pyrifera - rapid growth rate nearly 2 feet a day

Cacti - "evergreen" wall like inflorescence, drought tolerance,

The totem pole cactus - A cactus without spines

Bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva - life span of four to five thousand years and able to survive in some extreme conditions

Cork-tree Phellodendron - cork for softness under foot

Chilean alerce - Fitzroya cupressoides - dated at 3622 years old

Kudzu Pueraria Montana - rapid growth rate 1 foot a day

Grasses - rapid fruit production

single winter rye - root systems up to 387 miles