Credit:  http://www.baumraum.de

Dieses Baumhaus wurde für den Bau-, Wohn- und Erlebnispark World of Living der Firma Weberhaus in badischen Rheinau-Linx, nahe der französischen Grenze bei Strasbourg konzipiert. Das Baumhaus steht auf sieben konisch gefertigten Holzsäulen aus sibirischer Lärche, die sechs Meter hoch in die Kronen der umliegenden Bäume ragen.

Ebenfalls aus witterungsbeständiger Lärche ist die Terasse gefertigt. Diese ist mit Stahlseilen frei am Baum aufgehängt und ist nur über eine um den Baum gewendelte Treppe mit dem Erdreich verbunden. Bei der Aufhängung war wichtigste Voraussetzung, dass der tragende Baum keinerlei Verletzungen oder Einschränkungen für sein Wachstum erfährt. Eine Technik, die Architekt Andreas Wenning bei allen seinen Projekten umsetzt. Die Terrasse bildet eine Art Zwischenpodest, von dem aus wiederum über eine weitere Treppe das Baumhaus erreicht werden kann.

Quellen/Copyright:
Fotos zur Verfügung gestellt vom Architekten Andreas Wenning
http://www.baumraum.de
Fotografien erstellt von Alasdair Jardine – Jardine Photography
www.jardine-foto.de

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Credits: www.tvark.se

Stockholm-based architects Tham + Videgård Arkitekter have designed a tree hotel located in the far north of Sweden.

This shelter consists of a light-weight aluminium structure hung around a tree trunk, a 4×4x4m box clad in mirrored glass. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The concept enables new visual experiences liminates the differences between architetecture of reality and imagination.

The interior is all made of plywood and the windows give a 360 degree view. Tham & Videgård Arkitekter designed a treehouse for two people; a large bed, a small kitchenette and bath, a living room and roof terrace. The access to the cabin is by rope ladder or rope bridge.

To prevent bird collisions, ultraviolet colour will be screen printed on the laminated glass. The colour is only visible for birds.

Quelle / Copyright:
all images by courtesy of Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
http://www.tvark.se

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Credits: www.freespiritspheres.com

Suspended Spherical Treehouses

This tree house is called a ‘Free Spirit Sphere’ and is designed by Tom Chudleigh. Its an eco-friendly living quarter that was created to co-exist unobtrusively with its forest environment.

Wooden spheres are built much like a cedar strip canoe or kayak, suspension points are similar to the chain plate attachments on a sailboat and the stairways hang from a tree much like a sailboats shrouds hang from the mast.

Set in an atmospheric wood on private land off Horne Lake Road, near Qualicum Bay, these beautiful structures were designed to serve not only as somewhere somewhat groovy to bunk down, but as environmentally low impact spaces conducive to meditative spiritual growth and regeneration.

In Tom Chudleigh´s words:

“The theme of this project is “Oneness”.  The spheres are designed to fit harmoniously into a forest setting without altering it.  They use the trees for a foundation and enable us to celebrate the beauty and wonder that is already there, without changing it.  Inside the sphere, walls and ceiling become one. A single continuous shell.  They aren’t separated like a conventional building.  If you believe in the concept of oneness then why not surround yourself with a structure that reflects it?  Step up into sacred space.

Then step outside and look up. You’ll see the web of rope connecting the sphere to the trees which  reflects our connectedness to the eco-system we live in.

Suspended spheres reduce the human footprint to near zero.  They utilize bio-mimicry to create a human habitation that can live in the forest.  A sphere, like a nut shell, can withstand impacts and the web of rope, like a spiders web, attaches to many strong points.  Its stretchiness enables sphere and trees to move freely and produces a feeling of floating when in the sphere.  The well appointed interiors eliminate the need to “rough it” to live in the deep forest.  Spheres can be inserted into the forest by helicopter, road or water.

A crew of 3 people can install one in few days.  A perfect place to meditate and commune with nature.  To re-connect.”

For more information contact: www.freespiritspheres.com

Quellen / Copyrights / Photo credits:
Denis Beauvais / Guy Soulliere / Jasper Bosman (www.petportret.net) / Tom Chudleigh
with permission of Tom Chudleigh – http://www.freespiritspheres.com

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