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A Two-Story Treetop Sauna

By Rain Noe - April 6, 2017

In southwestern Germany, the Schwarzwaldhotel Tanne resort has a rather unusual sauna on-site. At first it doesn't appear to be anything more than a timber-frame cabin…

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…until you get a higher angle and see that there's no foundation.

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The entire two-story structure is supported by a gigantic tree...

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...and stands ten meters above the valley floor.

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Some of the branches wind right into the structure and re-emerge from the roof.

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The main floor consists of an outdoor deck and an indoor sauna that can seat 30.

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Upstairs is a bedroom for rent.

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I'm dying to know how this thing was constructed and is anchored. While I was able to track down the builder, Baierbronn-based carpentry firm Zimmerei Schleh, the sauna's project page is frustratingly light on details. And despite the structure having been erected in 2010, the accompanying photos are absurdly low-res:

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I was impressed to read, however, that they built it right through a snowy winter.

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For those of you within range of Germany, details for visiting the spa and sauna are here.

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Seems to me based on the construction pictures, that the tree is reinforced concrete. It's just perched on a very decorative industrial base.

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I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.