The Dartmoor Treehouse
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Children's outdoor play-space
This is a temporary treehouse, designed and constructed as a collaborative exercise between an architect, carpenter and 12 students as part of the ‘Spatial Structures’ course for the Dartmoor Arts Week, an annual residential one week course in Dartmoor, Devon.
The brief for the new treehouse came from the owners of the farm who wanted a safe play-space for their grandchildren. All the materials were milled on site from locally felled spruce, larch and western red cedar. There are no fixings to the tree, with the structural stability maintained by the shape and positioning of the structure. The form of the treehouse is inspired by a Weaver Bird’s nest to provide a dramatic but safe space to dwell and play in the treetops.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2012
- Completed: Jul 2012
- Floor area: 10m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £600
- Funding: Dartmoor Arts Week
- Address: Wier Farm, Crockernwell, Devon, EX6 6NL, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Jerry Tate Architects
- Client: Dartmoor Arts Week
- Technician: Paul Dove
- Teaching Assistant: Hugo McCLoud
- Student: Una Haran
- Student: Rachel Slater
- Student: Dil Phangami Mager
- Student: Rory Keenan
- Student: Robert Turmer
- Student: Mima Kearns
- Student: Yasmin Eva
- Student: Katcha Bilek
- Student: Jacob Long
- Student: Owen Lewis
- Student: Tim Pointer
- Student: Emma Tatham
Suppliers
- Portable sawmill services: Woodmanship Timber
