Pinwheel Treehouse
Pinwheel is set in a clearing between a ring of mature trees in a discreet corner of the woods. The building is arranged as a cruciform with each of the four blocks shifted off-centre in a distinctive geometry that alludes to a child’s ‘pinwheel’ windmill. The four blocks are each clad with concentric ‘rings’ of timber that decrease in width from the building edges towards the centre. This creates the illusion of three-dimensional facades, each sloping in towards and framing a single window. Each block is separated by a stripe of one-way mirror glass which reflect the trunks of surrounding trees to further confuse the shape of the building.
Inside, a central glass-topped living space is set under the tree canopy. The pinwheel geometry is strongly felt in the interior with the surrounding spaces and features spinning out from the central square. Full height windows facing the four points of the compass provide big views from behind the reassuring cover of the one-way glazing.