Building a treehouse that doesn’t harm the tree, or restrict its growth often means paying special attention to engineering or using customized components like a Garnier limb.
Toronto-based architecture firm Farrow Partnership Architects approaches this problem by hanging their curvaceous treehouse from the tree’s upper trunk, rather than nailing to it.
Inspired by the “samara,” also known as those papery propeller seeds of the maple tree, Farrow will prefabricate these treehouses offsite in three pieces, using FSC-certified lumber and techniques culled from sailboat construction techniques.