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Sympatico / MSN Real Estate : Photo Galleries : PHOTO_GALLERY_REALESTATE_SPHERES : FreeSpiritSpheres
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Unique Spaces: Free Spirit Spheres
By Lisa Felepchuk
Did you love tree forts as a kid? If so, the Free Spirit Spheres may be for you.
Hanging high above the forest floor in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, are large spherical structures that can be lived in. The creator, Tom Chudleigh, originally started off building boats when the idea came to him. “At first I thought I would build a spherical houseboat. I had already been building boats for 10 years at this point… Conventional architecture is all about separation… But in a sphere, the walls, floor, and ceiling all become one,” says Chudleigh.
The wooden spheres use the surrounding forest as their foundation, and are suspended by three, nearly vertical, ropes. The spheres hang in the center of the three trees, and can be slung up to one hundred feet off the ground. Built like a large nut, the spherical shape is well adapted to forest life, since it distributes any impact throughout the skin and resists puncture or cracking. The suspension ropes, which stretch, also absorb some of the force.
Inside, each sphere has been wired with power, sound and a telephone. There is room for a bed, sitting area, cupboards and counter space. The spheres can be lived in year around, since they have been fully insulated. All of the brass fittings were cast by hand using Chudleigh’s original designs.
Take a look at interior and exterior photos of the spheres:
点进开头的link就可以看图
转自MSN
Unique Spaces: Free Spirit Spheres
By Lisa Felepchuk
Did you love tree forts as a kid? If so, the Free Spirit Spheres may be for you.
Hanging high above the forest floor in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, are large spherical structures that can be lived in. The creator, Tom Chudleigh, originally started off building boats when the idea came to him. “At first I thought I would build a spherical houseboat. I had already been building boats for 10 years at this point… Conventional architecture is all about separation… But in a sphere, the walls, floor, and ceiling all become one,” says Chudleigh.
The wooden spheres use the surrounding forest as their foundation, and are suspended by three, nearly vertical, ropes. The spheres hang in the center of the three trees, and can be slung up to one hundred feet off the ground. Built like a large nut, the spherical shape is well adapted to forest life, since it distributes any impact throughout the skin and resists puncture or cracking. The suspension ropes, which stretch, also absorb some of the force.
Inside, each sphere has been wired with power, sound and a telephone. There is room for a bed, sitting area, cupboards and counter space. The spheres can be lived in year around, since they have been fully insulated. All of the brass fittings were cast by hand using Chudleigh’s original designs.
Take a look at interior and exterior photos of the spheres:
点进开头的link就可以看图
