Fuselage
Stilted Wilderness Cabin
FUSELAGE CABIN.
CLIENT: TREE TENTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
SERVICES: Product Design / Architecture
BRIEF: Design of a sustainable, stilted woodland accommodation structure that can be delivered and deployed into remote sites.
The second in a series of small space, architectural cabin designed for Tree Tents International. The Fuselage is designed and built using materials lightweight enough to allow it to be suspended or mounted on stilts – making it suitable for any terrain or range of challenging conditions. The Fuselage uses sustainably sourced, precision CNC cut durable plywood and recycled aluminium to achieve an eco-friendly and robust structure.
Similar to the Tree Tent unit Fuselages are lightweight, engineered hybrid aluminium and cnc cut plywood airframes and enable minimal impact living in the wilderness. The structure is made from lightweight, CNC cut, sustainable duraply plywood integrated into a structural aluminium frame and encompassed with a recycled aluminium skin.
The Fuselage provides a homely refuge for lovers of the outdoors. Measuring 3x5m, the interior design is resolved to maximise space. With a watchful eye on the proportions of DaVinci's Vitruvian Man, the Fuselage creates the impression of space in the interior with adaptable furniture, which maintains the minimalist feel. The elegant aluminium outer skin encases its precision-engineered modular wooden and aluminium frame and creates a watertight shell that beautifully reflects the colours and movement of the woodland that surrounds it.
From steep mountain sides to the water's edge, the stilted feet can be adapted to suit whatever slope and terrain it stands on, allowing it to be placed in the perfect position within the individual landscape. Its heavily insulated triple-layered walls, low-voltage radiant heating, micro woodstove and solar panels, makes the Fuselage capable of withstanding harsher climates than many alternative structures.
