Sprouting Castle Ruins

Tree Housing Module

Team: Tuo Chen, Hongbang Chen, Yushan Jiang, Tingdong Xiong

2020 Summer

The Tree House Module is the projection of a desire for adventure, a spurt of creativity, reconciliation with nature. It is the media between the built environment and nature. The design is comprised of half arches as the main structure to support an enclosed cylinder volume with the eccentric circle shape for its plan. The half-arch idea not merely resonates with the unique formal features of medieval castles but also defines the space under the tree house module for various outdoor activities. Additionally, the crack is generated by the process of shifting the centre of the circle in plan bringing the geometry a tendency of growing and also evokes an image of the castle ruins.