When a musician creates a song, he does it for other people to hear. This happens to other artists, too: a painter who creates a canvas, or an architect that designs an awesome façade for a two-story building.
Let us suppose that many trees were planted around this building, some time ago. Recall that trees are living beings and by the moment they were planted, they were seeds, perhaps seedlings. Then, time went by, and after several growing stages their foliage became thick enough to block any view to the architect’s masterpiece.
Two solutions are available at this point. First is branch pruning: when carefully done, it does not kill the trees, and would recover the sight to the building. Another solution is the removal of some trees, replanting them in another location. Their replacement by more suitable species could follow in the original place.
The choice involving what kind of tree should be planted, in any situation, is a very important issue. Let us keep in mind that a pine tree, a palm tree or an apple tree are all trees. Their shapes, height and foliage volume are different, however.
Any adopted solution to keep trees in a location, would require a considerable amount of work. Pruning, trees replanting, or choosing species, are all time consuming activities (very worthy and noble ones, however). Putting trees down, by simply leaving an empty space on the spot, is by its turn an unacceptable, selfish and anti-social attitude.
In times of global warming, we are urged more than ever to redefine priorities. A tree, seen as an oxygen producing unit and a thermal stability element, belongs to the system of nature and is God’s creation. It should therefore keep our attention in first place. An architectural work (human creation), could come right after, in second place. It is up to us, human beings, to act consciously while organizing the space around us.
Natura Futura 