Space for children. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego
11/04/2023.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, OSCAR A. SÁNCHEZ
metalocus, OSCAR A. SÁNCHEZ
Architecture studio led by Ignacio Borrego has designed a new tree house in a hundred-year-old holm oak, with the aim that its use be playful and for the enjoyment of the little ones. The project is located in the municipality of Las Rozas, northwest of Madrid.
The structure respects the tree, proposing a project that does not touch it at any point. The knots are screwed and have the possibility of being disassembled. The pine slats are reused wood residues from another project, which triggered the realization of this project.
The structure respects the tree, proposing a project that does not touch it at any point. The knots are screwed and have the possibility of being disassembled. The pine slats are reused wood residues from another project, which triggered the realization of this project.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Detail and axonometry. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Detail and axonometry. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Detail. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Detail and axonometry. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Axonometry. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Axonometry. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Model. Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego.
Ignacio Borrego Arquitectos creates a structure with three supports on which the whole complex rests; the access ladder, the exit slide, and the metal bar with an emergency exit function. The house is totally rigid and stable, thanks to this tripod and the triangulations of all the wooden elements. Three remnants of buried metal profiles serve as the foundation.
The entire structure is removable and reversible, a space of constant ups and downs, insides and outsides, transition elements that go up and down, protect you, expose you and above all, you look at the landscape from a new perspective. surrounds you and especially the world that surrounds you.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
Description of project by Ignacio Borrego Arquitectos
The construction of another project generated a collection of wood waste that triggered the realization of this project. 100% of the wood used comes from the formwork of pine slats that have been simply removed and cut according to the required measurements. All the knots are screwed and are removable and respect the tree, which is a hundred-year-old holm oak.
The structure does not touch the tree at any point and rests only on three supports: the access ladder, the exit slide, and the vertical metal bar for the emergency exit. This tripod and the triangulations of all the wooden elements give rise to a rigid and stable structure. The foundation consists of three scraps of metallic profiles buried superficially without damaging any roots. The structure is removable and completely reversible.
Tree house in an oak by Ignacio Borrego. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal.
It is organized in three levels: The lower one at ground level where the three supports are perceived, which are also the accesses and exits of the house that disappears inside the dense canopy of the holm oak. The intermediate level is accessed by a ladder to reach the secret chamber, and another staircase ascends to the watchtower that is perched on the upper level, reaching 7.5 meters in height.
More information
Architects
Ignacio Borrego Arquitectos. Lead architect.- Ignacio Borrego.
Project team
Victória Liz Cohen, Iago María Grande, Santiago Ramírez.
Client
César Brea.
Builder
GbreA eficienciA energeticA.
Dates
Building date.- 2023.
Location
Las Rozas, Madrid. Spain.
Budget
€12,500.
Photography
Ignacio BORREGO
Ignacio Borrego. Dipl. Arch., Ph.D Ignacio Borrego was born in Madrid and graduated in 2000 at the School Architecture of Madrid receiving the Best Graduate Architect Prize in ETSAM‐UPM of 2000, and also achieved the first National Prize 2000 by the Ministry of Education of Spain.
His thesis, directed by Federico Soriano, entitled “Informed matter. Deformation, conformation and codification, the three ways of storing information in matter” has obtained Ph.D degree with honours (sobresaliente cum laude) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2012, and the First Prize at the X Phd Thesis competition Arquia Foundation.
He co-founded dosmasuno arquitectos in 2003 with Néstor Montenegro and Lina Toro and Ignacio Borrego Architects in 2014. He has won 36 national and international prizes, and several awards for completed buildings, and he is co-director of Arquitectos, the official architectural magazine of the National Architects Association of Spain (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España-CSCAE) since 2006.
In 2016 he is appointed Full Professor at Technische Universität Berlin, chair of Architekturdarstellung und Gestaltung (Architectural Representation and Design), and director of CoLab/Berlín, a research space in connection with CoLaboratorio, founded in Madrid in 2009 together with A.Ribot, J.G.Germán y D.G.Setién.
His thesis, directed by Federico Soriano, entitled “Informed matter. Deformation, conformation and codification, the three ways of storing information in matter” has obtained Ph.D degree with honours (sobresaliente cum laude) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2012, and the First Prize at the X Phd Thesis competition Arquia Foundation.
He co-founded dosmasuno arquitectos in 2003 with Néstor Montenegro and Lina Toro and Ignacio Borrego Architects in 2014. He has won 36 national and international prizes, and several awards for completed buildings, and he is co-director of Arquitectos, the official architectural magazine of the National Architects Association of Spain (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España-CSCAE) since 2006.
In 2016 he is appointed Full Professor at Technische Universität Berlin, chair of Architekturdarstellung und Gestaltung (Architectural Representation and Design), and director of CoLab/Berlín, a research space in connection with CoLaboratorio, founded in Madrid in 2009 together with A.Ribot, J.G.Germán y D.G.Setién.
