A TreeBOX, which is a treehouse built house, was conceived by Studio Officina82 and is part of the Selucente project. This venture represents an innovative hospitality initiative, whose main focus is the recovery of the alpine village of Alpisella.
A TreeBOX, which is a treehouse built house, was conceived by Studio Officina82 and is part of the Selucente project. This venture represents an innovative hospitality initiative, whose main focus is the recovery of the alpine village of Alpisella.
The Cabana TreeBOX / Studio Officina82 project was presented in detail, as part of the effort to rehabilitate the area in Alpisella, located in the Ligurian-Piedmontese Alps.
The Treinta y Nueve Árboles house project, designed by Grizzo Studio, is located in the Karilo forest on a richly vegetated plot. Here, sunlight filtering through the canopies of dozens of trees illuminates the ground covered with climbing plants. The main objective of the project was to preserve this natural state, so the house is designed to harmonize with its surroundings, not trying to dominate them, but to integrate and intertwine with the trees.
Thus, the building transforms into an atrium for contemplating nature, guiding visitors into the forest so they can experience its atmosphere. The residential complex offers two ways to explore the forest: panoramic, which passes through the thicket both from inside and outside, and ascending, achieved via glass walkways connecting different levels. These paths allow one to understand the structure of the forest by tracing it from the roots to the treetops.
Since this is a summer retreat house, the experience of staying in the project is realized through two routes. The first runs inside the building: starting from a semi-submerged vestibule, the middle levels lead to the entire program of the house, concluding at a terrace at the level of the tree canopy. The second route invites a walk around the perimeter, first crossing the inner courtyard and the semi-open area with a fireplace at the root level, and then reaching the garden, pool, and veranda of the house.
The choice of materials for the project was made so that they would not attract excessive attention, but rather coexist with nature, allowing vegetation and the passage of time to transform and colonize the structure.
