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Taringa Treehouse
Taringa Treehouse
Taringa, Australia
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Taringa Treehouse
Taringa, Australia
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Taringa Treehouse is a detached residential extension on a small lot sited adjacent to a companion tree. Suburban 'backyards' tend to be overgrown, unruly spaces and are the domain of kids and makeshift structures. Taringa Treehouse is an invitation to visit and engage with this distinct yet typically uncharted territory.
Taringa Treehouse seeks to instigate a shift in the occupation within the Residential House Site, reflecting upon an attitude of informality, inspired by the particular territory it occupies. The footprint is acutely confined and placement careful to minimise displacement of the deeply valued landscape and generate shade and privacy within the site. The triangular plan is the considered response to the field of adjacency and client criteria. Designed as a set of informal spaces, walls slide open to embrace and borrow from the surrounding landscape. Movement is centrifugal, along its three sides, sling-shooting occupants from the ground into the canopy. The expressed structure subtly reinforcing the shifts in orientation and geometry along the journey. The material palette is eclectic and reflects upon the assemblage of materials and expressed tectonics of children's cubby houses. The treehouse presents no formal elevation back to the original house, only the 'thin edge of the wedge' is presented. The brief was not to fill the backyard but retain the natural aspect and vacancy, to add and not subtract from the experience of the landscape. The relationship to the tree and experience of place are paramount.
The spatial arrangements inside the Treehouse allow for a broad variety of functions over time. It can operate both integrated to and independent to the program of the existing house, serving one household or more. The project is pre-plumbed and wired to serve as a detached self contained dwelling, at less than 40m2 it meets the definition of a tiny house. Currently, the Treehouse contains a compliment of recreational programs which counterpoint the existing house, it is celebrated and enjoyed as a 'weekender in the backyard'.
Project Info:
Project Name: Taringa Treehouse Location of site: Brisbane, Australia. Latitude: -27.49428 | Longitude: 152.986869 Site Area: 405m2 Building Area: 25m2 Total Floor Area: 50m2 Type of Construction: Hybrid Steel and Timber Frame Program: Detached addition to existing Queenslander House Project by: Phorm architecture + design Principal Designer: Paul Hotston Project Team: Yohei Omura (Project Architect) Builder: Marvel Constructions Design Period: August 2014 – August 2015 Construction Period: December 2015 - September 2016 Photography: Christopher Frederick Jones
Taringa Treehouse seeks to instigate a shift in the occupation within the Residential House Site, reflecting upon an attitude of informality, inspired by the particular territory it occupies. The footprint is acutely confined and placement careful to minimise displacement of the deeply valued landscape and generate shade and privacy within the site. The triangular plan is the considered response to the field of adjacency and client criteria. Designed as a set of informal spaces, walls slide open to embrace and borrow from the surrounding landscape. Movement is centrifugal, along its three sides, sling-shooting occupants from the ground into the canopy. The expressed structure subtly reinforcing the shifts in orientation and geometry along the journey. The material palette is eclectic and reflects upon the assemblage of materials and expressed tectonics of children's cubby houses. The treehouse presents no formal elevation back to the original house, only the 'thin edge of the wedge' is presented. The brief was not to fill the backyard but retain the natural aspect and vacancy, to add and not subtract from the experience of the landscape. The relationship to the tree and experience of place are paramount.
The spatial arrangements inside the Treehouse allow for a broad variety of functions over time. It can operate both integrated to and independent to the program of the existing house, serving one household or more. The project is pre-plumbed and wired to serve as a detached self contained dwelling, at less than 40m2 it meets the definition of a tiny house. Currently, the Treehouse contains a compliment of recreational programs which counterpoint the existing house, it is celebrated and enjoyed as a 'weekender in the backyard'.
Project Info:
Project Name: Taringa Treehouse Location of site: Brisbane, Australia. Latitude: -27.49428 | Longitude: 152.986869 Site Area: 405m2 Building Area: 25m2 Total Floor Area: 50m2 Type of Construction: Hybrid Steel and Timber Frame Program: Detached addition to existing Queenslander House Project by: Phorm architecture + design Principal Designer: Paul Hotston Project Team: Yohei Omura (Project Architect) Builder: Marvel Constructions Design Period: August 2014 – August 2015 Construction Period: December 2015 - September 2016 Photography: Christopher Frederick Jones
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