Suitree Expertise Lodge / Studio Saxe
Textual content description supplied by the architects. Jungle pods emerge from Costa Rica’s panorama and float over the mountains.
Overview. Our shoppers dropped at Studio Saxe a singular imaginative and prescient: to create a definite canopy-based visitor expertise. This design was not solely supposed to supply expansive views of the horizon and mountains but additionally to supply an immersive alternative for friends to understand the flourishing life discovered throughout the cover layers of Costa Rica’s vibrant jungles.
“As youngsters, our treehouse was a spot of thriller and magic, the place we saved our deepest secrets and techniques and
cherished probably the most memorable moments. It was our sanctuary, a spot to flee the stress and worries of the world and reconnect with our true selves. Suitree Expertise Lodge has a contemporary tackle this timeless concept, offering a serene and peaceable area to disconnect and rediscover your interior peace.” – The Consumer
Idea. Impressed by the normal idea of treehouses, we dove deep into understanding the distinctive topographical and geological circumstances of the positioning for our design of the Suitree Expertise Lodge. We have created tree-inspired pods, floating over the panorama, utilizing a robust steel framework lined with pure wooden. This design integrates stability with concord, crafting a sustainable expertise that respects and enhances its surrounding surroundings.
Design. In our quest to merge human dwelling areas with the pure world, we envision structure not as an imposition on the panorama, however quite as a seamless extension of it. Our design philosophy revolves across the precept of ‘floating structure,’ the place buildings don’t disturb the present ecosystem however as a substitute coexist and symbiotically work together with it.
A central staircase ties the floating pods to the earth, merging inside and exterior terraces with the verdant environment. The gently undulating edges of the pods echo the natural types of the forest, reflecting a pure symbiosis.
Sustainability. The idea of floating pods was birthed from our dedication to tread evenly on the earth. These buildings hover gracefully above the panorama, permitting nature to circulation uninterrupted beneath them and round them. Rainwater and native biodiversity transfer freely, guaranteeing the constructed construction coexists with the ecosystem. Throughout development, each tree was preserved, and every pod is designed to independently harvest water, contributing to a bigger sustainable water administration system.
These buildings not solely supply an immersive expertise for inhabitants but additionally actively contribute to sustainability, symbolizing our respect for and dedication to the preservation of the pure surroundings.
Development. We employed progressive development methods, incorporating off-site prefabrication to attenuate the impression on the property and the present bushes. This not solely ensured fast and environment friendly meeting but additionally demonstrated a singular respect for the pure environment. 4 sturdy helps lend every pod structural and seismic stability whereas creating the phantasm of an organism gently treading on the panorama. This ‘dwelling, shifting’ construction additional embodies the concord between structure and nature.
