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“In his encyclopaedia
Natural History (c. AD77), Pliny the Elder describes "a
tree so worthy to be deemed a marvel" that the Roman statesman Licinius
Mucianus held a banquet in it. He slept the night in its branches, "receiving
more delight from the agreeable sound of the rain dropping through the foliage
than gleaming marble, painted decorations or gilded panelling could have
afforded". Treetop living has long captured our imagination, in Johann David
Wyss's fictional tale of the shipwrecked
Swiss Family Robinson (1812), who
constructed a tree house on a desert island, and the
Guingettes de Robinson
that first appeared in 1848: arboreal dining experiences inspired by Wyss's
novel that had style-conscious Parisians ascending to thatched cabins in the
trees.
Today, the tree house has evolved into something new. "Since the late 1990s,
architects have been rediscovering this ancient, seemingly whimsical typology –
not for whimsy's sake, but for sustainability, intimacy, and a renewed dialogue
with nature," writes Florian Seabeck in a new book,
Modern Tree Houses,
published by Taschen. The book showcases the creations of a new generation of
environmentally-minded architects, whose contrasting approaches to treetop
living are united by a shared desire to reconnect with the natural world.”
Via Esther Schindler.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
