Zea Mays (Maize)
Plant Kingdom: Phanerogamae, Angiosperms, Monocotyledon, Poaceae, Zea
Maize, bearer of the civilization, has its roots deeply tied with the New World for approximately 7,500 years. The evolution of maize/corn was deliberately created for its role to become domesticated and excessively supplied for the ever-increasing needs of the human population. Highly productive, in rapid pace, under warm weather and moist soil, corn spreads itself to concern majorly in ingredients of over four thousand products from food to materials, historical events from Slavery in Africa to Colonialism, ornamentation of architecture through Americanization, and, most of all, in the power in shaping the economy, social and environmental patterns of the world. Thus, I chose corn as my specific plant to investigate in great detail on its contribution to architecture of tomorrow.
Maize, bearer of the civilization, has its roots deeply tied with the New World for approximately 7,500 years. The evolution of maize/corn was deliberately created for its role to become domesticated and excessively supplied for the ever-increasing needs of the human population. Highly productive, in rapid pace, under warm weather and moist soil, corn spreads itself to concern majorly in ingredients of over four thousand products from food to materials, historical events from Slavery in Africa to Colonialism, ornamentation of architecture through Americanization, and, most of all, in the power in shaping the economy, social and environmental patterns of the world. Thus, I chose corn as my specific plant to investigate in great detail on its contribution to architecture of tomorrow.
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