A treehouse is an otherworldly place, a realm of separation from the hum-drum everyday of the ground below. Treetop Playscape, a proposal by design and architecture studio Unknown Works, celebrates and amplifies play amongst the treetops.

The shell is borne straight from the host Norwegian Maple itself; a direct offset of its silhouette, cracked open. The inside surface is a soft and gently inclined tree topography of triangular CLT panels, encouraging climbing, sitting, exploration upwards as well as sliding downwards. The minutiae of life in the tree becomes framed, a stage for play.

A set of Amplifiers nestled amongst the tree branches amplify play between the four protagonists; Tree, Human, Animal and the Elements. Each instrument tackles a different sense. A squirrel jumps on to an Amplifier; that swoops and rustles branches on the other side of the tree, exciting a parakeet and a child who giggles, putting a smile on everyone’s face!