A family with young boys requested a treehouse in a gnarled Jacaranda tree. To encourage the children to play outside, it was outfitted with two fireman’s poles, a swing, two separate platforms and a bridge leading down to the garden where the existing playset is located.
Constructed of structural pine, gum poles, and steel; the treehouse is bound together with rope to give it a whimsical and fantastical feeling. Constructed with a spiral staircase around the tree, all limbs removed during construction were re-incorporated in the structure, breaking up the reliance on readymade factory timber.
Completed: 2016
Location: Johannesburg
Size: 25sqm
© Nico van Loggerenberg
