Thursday, January 28, 2010

Yellow Treehouse Restaurant, Auckland, New Zealand


18 seated people and waiting staff in relative comfort complete with a bar
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The tree-house concept is reminiscent of childhood dreams and playtime, fairy stories of enchantment and imagination . It’s inspired through many forms found in nature -the chrysalis/cocoon protecting the emerging butterfly/moth, perhaps an onion/garlic clove form hung out to dry. It is also seen as a lantern, a beacon at night that simply glows yet during the day it might be a semi camouflaged growth, or a tree fort that provides an outlook and that offers refuge.The plan form also has loose similarities to a sea shell with the open ends spiralling to the centre .

The Treehouse was designed by architects Peter Eising and Lucy Gauntlett from Pacific Environments Architects.

Built around a redwood tree, which is over 40m high and has a 1.7m diameter at its base, located north of Auckland, New Zealand, Yellow Tree House is designed by Pacific Environment Architects and Yellow Pages.

The structure is made of plantation poplar slats and used extensive natural lighting throughout. The tree house restaurant was built as a marketing promotion for New Zealand Yellow Pages.

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