Focusing on the surrounding nature, the design features large windows, a netted terrace suspended above the forest floor, and a tree stretching up through the cabin. The boundaries between indoors and outdoors are blurred, making the cabin part of the forest. The bottom of the cabin features a 12 x 8 meter surface, covered with a large black and white print of trees reaching up into the sky. A staircase brings guests from the ground and up into the cabin, along with a small lift for transporting luggage. Twelve columns carry the cabin, reducing the load borne by the trees and its impact on the surrounding forest. This gives a feeling of height and weightlessness, as well as stability.
The 7th room, Treehotel, Harads, Sweden
Program: hotel cabin
Architects: Snøhetta
Area: 55 sqm
Completion: 2016