FIVE ROOMS IN TREEHOTEL
Treehotel is a very special hotel. He’s located in the beautiful village of Harads, approximately 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, and one hour drive from Luleå, which has the largest airport in northern Sweden. Harads is a place that surrounded by forest and water and by stillness and wilderness.
THE BLUE CONE
Year built: 2010
Architect: SandellSandberg
Number of beds: One double bed first level and two single adult beds on the loft
To build a cabin in terrain with difficult access, furthermore up in a tree, demands simplicity and lightness of materials and design. This tree room is founded on three points of support. Access to the tree room is by a bridge from the mountain behind. The building is a traditional wood construction with a façade of split birch. The windows: cupola of plastic. The dream of living in a tree need not be any more complicated than that.
THE BIRD’S NEST
Year built: 2010
Architect: Inredningsgruppen | Bertil Harström
Number of beds: Four beds (one double bed and two single child beds)
This concept is based upon the contrast between exterior and interior. From the outside it appears as a big nest, only the scale separating it from other nests in the vicinity. Discreet windows are almost hidden by the network of branches.
Inside it’s a high standard room with modern design. A coachwork panel decorates the inner wall. There is space and beds for a family with two children. The bedroom is a separate room with sliding doors. You access the nest by a retractable staircase.
THE MIRRORCUBE
Year built: 2010
Architect: Tham & Videgård Architects | Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård
Number of beds: One double bed
The starting point is to create a shelter up in the trees: a lightweight aluminium structure hung around a tree trunk, 4x4x4 metre boxes clad in mirrored glass. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is constructed from plywood and the windows give a 360 degree view of the surroundings.
The tree hotel concept meets the increasing interest in wild life-/eco tourism where one may encounter and experience the pristine nature of Sweden. The cube provides living space for two people: a double bed, bath, a living room and roof terrace. Access to the cabin is by a rope bridge.
To prevent birds colliding with the tree hotel, a infrared film, visible for birds only, will be laminated into the glass panes.
THE UFO Year built: 2010 This is a boys dream: to climb aboard a spaceship has a huge appeal for people with fertile imagination. When working on The Nest, the idea came to create something completely contrary. Suddenly it became a magical UFO among the treetops. A composite exterior with classic round porthole windows hides a modern, comfortable living space with separate levels. A tree-house that’s a spaceship: surely an irresistible combination. THE CABIN Year built: 2010 The site of The Cabin is chosen with regards to our ideal: high ground with a steep slope, providing a great view of the valley of the Lule River. When visiting Harads to view possible sites, they formulated an idea around a horizontal approach: a footbridge leading to a spacious deck. It offers the potential for future expansion, with additional tree houses and footbridges (as well as viewing platforms and places to rest). The basic shape of the deck comes from the supporting trees in the slope. The actual tree house is suspended from the deck. This will hide the volume of the building to a certain degree. The deck is slightly separated from the building in order to make it appear smaller and also to allow the building its own expression.
Architect: Inredningsgruppen | Bertil Harström
Number of beds: Four beds (one double bed and two child beds)
Architect: Cyrén & Cyrén | Mårten Cyren & Gustav Cyren
Number of beds: Double room (double bed)
