The bamboo dome glows from within and rises above dense treetops

Tree House

Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2007

Tree house installation 10 m up in the crown of an old jungle tree in the middle of the city. Built entirely of bamboo, the spatial object is 7 m long, 5 m wide and 3.6 m high. Its interior is accessible, and it is visible from afar. The form consists of whole bamboo poles joined in skeleton construction and of split bamboo woven like a cocoon into a basket-like outer shell. With its design, the installation takes up the interplay of nature and city as a fundamental theme for the future.

The object was built on open ground, transported through the city to the site on a small truck and then lifted onto the tree by crane and fixed in place.

Collaboration

The project was realised in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, following a preparatory workshop.

Funding

“Projektwerkstatt – Gesellschaft für kreative Ökonomie”, Günter Faltin, Berlin.

Fig. left: the illuminated tree house at night at the top of a banyan tree.

Tree House

Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2007

Tree house installation 10 m up in the crown of an old jungle tree in the middle of the city. Built entirely of bamboo, the spatial object is 7 m long, 5 m wide and 3.6 m high. Its interior is accessible, and it is visible from afar. The form consists of whole bamboo poles joined in skeleton construction and of split bamboo woven like a cocoon into a basket-like outer shell. With its design, the installation takes up the interplay of nature and city as a fundamental theme for the future.

The object was built on open ground, transported through the city to the site on a small truck and then lifted onto the tree by crane and fixed in place.

Collaboration

The project was realised in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, following a preparatory workshop.

Funding

“Projektwerkstatt – Gesellschaft für kreative Ökonomie”, Günter Faltin, Berlin.

Fig. left: the illuminated tree house at night at the top of a banyan tree.

Tree House

Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2007

Tree house installation 10 m up in the crown of an old jungle tree in the middle of the city. Built entirely of bamboo, the spatial object is 7 m long, 5 m wide and 3.6 m high. Its interior is accessible, and it is visible from afar. The form consists of whole bamboo poles joined in skeleton construction and of split bamboo woven like a cocoon into a basket-like outer shell. With its design, the installation takes up the interplay of nature and city as a fundamental theme for the future.

The object was built on open ground, transported through the city to the site on a small truck and then lifted onto the tree by crane and fixed in place.

Collaboration

The project was realised in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, following a preparatory workshop.

Funding

“Projektwerkstatt – Gesellschaft für kreative Ökonomie”, Günter Faltin, Berlin.

Fig. left: the illuminated tree house at night at the top of a banyan tree.

Tree House

Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2007

Tree house installation 10 m up in the crown of an old jungle tree in the middle of the city. Built entirely of bamboo, the spatial object is 7 m long, 5 m wide and 3.6 m high. Its interior is accessible, and it is visible from afar. The form consists of whole bamboo poles joined in skeleton construction and of split bamboo woven like a cocoon into a basket-like outer shell. With its design, the installation takes up the interplay of nature and city as a fundamental theme for the future.

The object was built on open ground, transported through the city to the site on a small truck and then lifted onto the tree by crane and fixed in place.

Collaboration

The project was realised in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, following a preparatory workshop.

Funding

“Projektwerkstatt – Gesellschaft für kreative Ökonomie”, Günter Faltin, Berlin.

Fig. left: the illuminated tree house at night at the top of a banyan tree.

The bamboo object hangs from the crane hook above the treetops

The finished bamboo object sits on the crown of a large tree by day