TREEHOUSE
2020
MBA - MARCO BOZZOLA ARCHITECTS
YAC TREEOUSE COMPETITION
Carlo Mazzeri, Andrea Dameno for Marco Bozzola Architects. Render: Carlo Mazzeri, Andrea Dameno
The proposal finds space among the gentle hills of Cognac, on the lush bends of the Charente in Vibrac. The castle ruins, signs of a noble history of the town, become a fundament for the project. The composition of modules interlaps with the traces of
the building, permitting the discovery of the history and the territory.
Opening towards the landscape and the ruins, floating on the Charente, modules compose a diffuse hotel that permits to dive in the natural environment of the mosaic of islands and bridges.
the building, permitting the discovery of the history and the territory.
Opening towards the landscape and the ruins, floating on the Charente, modules compose a diffuse hotel that permits to dive in the natural environment of the mosaic of islands and bridges.
The structural frame of this small treehouse module hosts the vegetation in a patio open on the horizon in a vertical and horizontal direction.
In the vertical direction, linking the relationship between earth and sky, this space welcomes the entrance, encompassing a tree that grows inside the structure, distancing service areas from the bedroom.
Horizontally, the module opens to welcome the landscape of vegetation and monumental ruins. The room and service areas are hence separated by an open space that hosts vegetation, transforming the link between inside and outside in a continuous game of references. This ambiguous space offers visitors an experience of total immersion in nature and territory.
In the vertical direction, linking the relationship between earth and sky, this space welcomes the entrance, encompassing a tree that grows inside the structure, distancing service areas from the bedroom.
Horizontally, the module opens to welcome the landscape of vegetation and monumental ruins. The room and service areas are hence separated by an open space that hosts vegetation, transforming the link between inside and outside in a continuous game of references. This ambiguous space offers visitors an experience of total immersion in nature and territory.
The volume rests on a tubular steel structure that allows maximum flexibility to rest on the ground adapting to slopes and soils. In addition to a great apparent lightness, this systems permits the integration with the vegetation.
The module, completely built of wood, consists of a bedroom and a toilet, with a small space for luggage. Spaces are connected by a glass corridor and an open walkway surrounding the patio.
The room opens in the direction of the landscape with a jutting glazed wall, for an immersive experience, in the comfort of a protected environment. Larger sliding panels allow the complete closure of the module to make it “dormant”, securely waiting for the next guest.
The module, completely built of wood, consists of a bedroom and a toilet, with a small space for luggage. Spaces are connected by a glass corridor and an open walkway surrounding the patio.
The room opens in the direction of the landscape with a jutting glazed wall, for an immersive experience, in the comfort of a protected environment. Larger sliding panels allow the complete closure of the module to make it “dormant”, securely waiting for the next guest.
The module is raised by a tubular structure, allowing the continuity of vegetation at ground level, and at the same time making the structure respectful of the existing vegetation, not clinging to trees.
The main structure is made up of a system of boards and beams in laminated wood, suitably insulated, which enclose a bedroom (55 mq) and a service area (10 mq).
The main structure is made up of a system of boards and beams in laminated wood, suitably insulated, which enclose a bedroom (55 mq) and a service area (10 mq).
The ground module, completely similar to the raised one, adds an open corridor that connects the room to the sauna (30 m) and a second patio that opens onto the landscape.
This structure is covered with Shou Sugi Ban wood, which makes, with its characteristic coloring, the most recognizable and weather-resistant module. The high-performance windows are mirrored and create, during the day, an ambiguous play of reflections with the surrounding nature. At night, the internal lighting reveals the true dimensions of the openings and allows the clear reading of the full/empty rhythm.
