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Year | 2015 |
Photo | Gerardo Gaetani d‘Aragona |
Location | Orvieto, Italy |
A few years earlier, our clients from Munich had purchased a dilapidated country house with a large plot of land near the medieval town of Orvieto in the Italian province of Umbria. With great effort and much love, the spacious main house and the smaller outbuildings were renovated and very tastefully furnished. A pool was also built at the highest point of the property and many special places to linger were created.
A real treasure of the property is the stock of old oak trees. The mightiest of them is certainly more than 350 years old and with its gigantic crown forms the central shady place on the property. The idea of adding a tree house to the ensemble was not only a good fit for the tree population, but also for the desire to create a special retreat and an additional sleeping place for the family and their guests.
The planning for this tree house succeeded even though we did not visit the property beforehand. The client and I discussed our proposals through some very pleasant, humorous phone and email exchanges, and ultimately we arrived at an agreement.
All components were prepared in the northern German workshops and brought to Italy by truck. After two complex assemblies at the Starnberger lake in Bavaria, our team of five drove further south to Umbria to erect the tree house at its destination. With the team accommodated in the dreamlike dwelling house, the conditions for the assembly time were extremely pleasant. An Italian construction company around the ever helpful Fabrizio supported us on site with the crane assembly as well as with the logistics.
The beautiful late summer weather was interrupted by rain and strong winds only once, but this made our tight assembly workload slightly tighter than planned. In the end, however, we managed to complete the tree house by the time the client arrived.
On this sunny day, I met our client Emilio in person for the first time. We discussed the remaining plumbing work for the toilet, the electrical installations and the additional fixtures with the Italian craftsmen, who were then to complete the work without us.
Already during the assembly I enjoyed this dreamlike place very much. So I could not refuse Emilio's extremely generous offer to enjoy this heavenly spot with my family. Already we’ve spent portions of several vacations at this beautiful property with our children and our friends, taking in the landscape and the many locations to explore and play in - as well as enjoying the large oak trees and the tree house.
Mille grazie Emilio!
Interior:
The rustically furnished interior is lined on all sides with larch and equipped with a double bed, a retractable desk and a toilet. Here, too, the signature of the client is reflected by means of lovingly selected objects. The rooster, the coat of arms of the house, adorns the walls numerous other places throughout the tree house and forms the signature which can be found even in the most hidden places on the property.
Through the large windows you look at the mighty oak tree that erupts from the terrace. Here you are surrounded by treetops, and on a hot afternoon you can lie in the hammock, protected by the shade from the leaves, and maybe read a little or take a nap.
Trees: one oak
Height: 3.40 m - 4.50 m
Statics: The loads of the terrace and the front part of the tree house are carried by an oak tree via steel cables and textile belts: Two steel columns carry the larger part of the loads in the rear part of the tree house
Terrace covering: larch untreated
Interior area: 10,0 sqm
Terrace area14,4 sqm
Facade structure: from the inside to the outside: 20 mm larch boarding; 21 mm OSB: 100 mm insulation; underlayment; 30 mm rear ventilation; 22 mm larch floor-ceiling boarding glazed black.