As the location of the tree house the young architects chose an area in the Hel Peninsula, which is threatened with complete flooding due to rising sea levels.

The Scotch pine was used as the basis of the tree house, as it comes in abundance on the Polish coast and it is resistant to moisture and high winds.

– The building has a circular shape and the mechanism allowing vertical movement is based on a spiral runner, which also enables the building to revolve around its axis – the authors of the project described.

The walls were thermally insulated with hempcrete, the wooden frame and elevation finish were made of Pretty Plastic plates, manufactured from recycled plastic. This makes the house suitable for location in any part of the world and to a large extent, it may be produced in a factory, with the minimum carbon footprint related to the construction.

The tree house is a solution aimed particularly at young parents with small children, couples and people who may in future suffer due to the impact of climate change on the world sea levels.  

More information about the project at architektura.muratorplus.pl

Scheme of the tree house, project: Anna Piątek, Piotr Gajdka i Mikołaj Kociołek