Whimsical, fairy-tale creations that speak to the child in all of us, treehouses never fail to capture our attention. Straying from the usual wooden beam construction, furniture designer Sebastian Wood created this wicker edifice that sits suspended between a group of trees as part of the Harewood Biennial. Perfectly aligned with this year’s theme – Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters – Wood’s treehouse uses narrow strips of larch woven together to form the structure, named Sylvascope, designed to spark a conversation around woodland management.
Located on the Harewood Estate in West Yorkshire, England, the structure contains carefully cut out windows that frame the surrounding landscape. Through these windows, inhabitants can see areas that have been earmarked for increased woodland management in an attempt to shine a light on a more biodiverse way of tending to the woods of the UK. The treehouse was built with the help of experts Root and Shoot.
Photography © Edvinas Bruzas