A House Among The Tree Tops That Brings Old Memories To Life

By Simona Ganea | Published on May 24, 2021

Built in the same spot where the owner's childhood family habitation once stood, this house from Yucatan, Mexico has a really special way of interacting with nature and in detail with the cute old copse that have been growing on the site for decades. The project was entitled Life on the tree and was completed in 2022 by compages studio LAAR. At the core of the project stands a desire to bring cute sometime memories to life.

The house is suspended above the ground, essentially consisting entirely on a second floor — The house is suspended above the ground, substantially consisting entirely on a second flooring

The ground floor is an open outdoor area with a swimming pool and patio — The ground floor is an open outdoor surface area with a swimming pool and patio

The old stone walls of the owner's childhood habitation still stand up although everything else has long disappeared. These and the old trees are the simply remnants of the past. Through this project, the architects wanted to allow the owner to relive some of the beautiful memories that they take of this identify. Some of the virtually vivid ones are of them climbing these very trees then a design decision was made to plow this into a sort of modern tree house.

The new house occupies the same lot as the old family house that used to sit here — The new house occupies the same lot as the onetime family house that used to sit here

The cantilevered volume creates a series of sheltered spaces below — The cantilevered book creates a serial of sheltered spaces beneath

The rock wall ruins were preserved intact and now delineate what is basically the ground floor of this place. It's actually open patio-like infinite. The bodily house is raised above the basis, sheltered beneath the big tree canopies that form a green roof over it. The cozy indoor areas are suspended between the branches of the trees, assuasive the inhabitants to feel as if they're floating. The trees actually go through the house itself, going through holes in the floor and allowing this place to truly feel like a tree house.