Tree Top Villa
TreeTop Villa emerges from a profound admiration and hyper-sensitivity for its unique natural setting. The intention is to integrate nature as a major ingredient of the material palette. The architecture is reduced to the essential components for shelter amplifying the ever-changing sky, water and vegetation that define the experience.
Ecology and Impact
TreeTop Villa emerges from a profound admiration and hyper-sensitivity for its unique natural setting. The intention is to integrate nature as a major ingredient of the material palette. The architecture is reduced to the essential components for shelter amplifying the ever-changing sky, water and vegetation that define the experience.
Tree Top Villa
Tree Top Villa
TreeTop Villa emerges from a profound admiration and hyper-sensitivity for its unique natural setting. The intention is to integrate nature as a major ingredient of the material palette. The architecture is reduced to the essential components for shelter amplifying the ever-changing sky, water and vegetation that define the experience.
Tree Top Villa
The villa is elevated over the treetops to maximize exposure to the wondrous nature below - taking advantage of the views towards the horizon and framing its surroundings. Its elevated position allows for it to have little impact on the ground plane allowing the undisturbed natural landscape to flow under it as an integral part of the design. The TreeTop Villa is precisely orientated to its parcel to maximize its performative and experiential qualities, channeling prevailing winds to cool the interior spaces as well as framing sunrises, sunsets, and the path of the moon on either side of the structure. Both passive and active sustainability mechanisms have been proposed, such as large overhangs, cross-ventilation, use of sensorreality materials, solar hot-water, an insulating green roof, and a rooftop infinity edge pool that doubles as a rainwater collection tank.
Ecology and Impact
The villa is elevated over the treetops to maximize exposure to the wondrous nature below - taking advantage of the views towards the horizon and framing its surroundings. Its elevated position allows for it to have little impact on the ground plane allowing the undisturbed natural landscape to flow under it as an integral part of the design. The TreeTop Villa is precisely orientated to its parcel to maximize its performative and experiential qualities, channeling prevailing winds to cool the interior spaces as well as framing sunrises, sunsets, and the path of the moon on either side of the structure. Both passive and active sustainability mechanisms have been proposed, such as large overhangs, cross-ventilation, use of sensorreality materials, solar hot-water, an insulating green roof, and a rooftop infinity edge pool that doubles as a rainwater collection tank.
Area
358 m²
