Wooden Hyperbolic Paraboloidal Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio

Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects

To encounter the slope site, Mount Fuji Architects Studio makes this Tree House climb higher from edge of the site. The architect manages the house in vertical volume without exposing to the outside, and secluded from the town. Polar coordinates system used as the geometry defining this architecture, which describes the location of an element by the distance and the angle from the center of the site.

Hyperbolic Paraboloidal Column Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects

Wooden Interior Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects

In detail, the arch-shaped “column-beam” frame structure made by LVL/Laminated Veneer Lumber to form this architecture. This system forms the fluent Hyperbolic Paraboloidal curve surface providing the entrance to the roof terrace, while it also functions as the high side light that brings in the only open sky toward the east and the greenery of the neighboring house as a framed picture. At the center of the polar coordinate is condensed with 32 pieces of the LVL columns, forming a large central pillar. In addition, the central point is defined at the eccentric point in the planar to differentiate the distance from the circumference, while the rotation angle of the column-beams is maintained in regular manner.

Home Lighting Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects

The frames rising up spirally make variations in the ceiling height, which define the characters of each four territories. For instance, the intimate shadowy territory by the denser distance of the columns and lower ceiling is defined as the sleeping space, and the bright, high-ceiling territory applicable with large window opening by the larger distance of the columns can be suitable for dining space, The floor level is also shifted as skipped floors according to the division of the territory by the central pillar, although the height difference is based on the topographic condition of the existing site.