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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…
Enter a caption (optional)…until you get a higher angle and see that there's no foundation.
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Enter a caption (optional)The entire two-story structure is supported by a gigantic tree...
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Enter a caption (optional)Some of the branches wind right into the structure and re-emerge from the roof.
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Enter a caption (optional)The main floor consists of an outdoor deck and an indoor sauna that can seat 30.
Enter a caption (optional)Upstairs is a bedroom for rent.
Enter a caption (optional)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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Enter a caption (optional)I was impressed to read, however, that they built it right through a snowy winter.
Enter a caption (optional)For those of you within range of Germany, details for visiting the spa and sauna are here.
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.
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A Two-Story Treetop Sauna
Seems to me based on the construction pictures, that the tree is reinforced concrete. It's just perched on a very decorative industrial base.
Indeed. Further evidence is that the 'branches' that emerge from the roof are absent during early stages of the construction.