De Matos Ryan公司在伦敦西北部一栋联排别墅的花园中创造了一个创新的无树的树屋。De Matos Ryan公司总监Angus Morrogh-Ryan评论说：”我们的客户是一个年轻的家庭，他们对邻居花园里的一棵枯萎的树感到遗憾。孩子们渴望拥有一个树屋，但由于没有自己的树而无法实现。因此，任务是设计一个没有树的树屋”。

De Matos Ryan has created an innovative, tree-less treehouse in the garden of a North West London townhouse. De Matos Ryan Director Angus Morrogh-Ryan comments, “Our client was a young family, who lamented the loss of an ailing tree in their neighbor’s garden. The children longed to have a treehouse but were prevented from doing so by having no trees of their own. The brief was, therefore, to design a treehouse without a tree.”

这个4.1米高的新空间是与客户的孩子合作设计的。他们对世界的无拘无束的看法，成为高度创新和富有想象力的概念的催化剂。围绕着创建一个只有孩子们可以通过高处的瞭望台或乌鸦巢穴进入的巢穴，我们提出了一些想法。孩子们最喜欢的动画片《危险老鼠》在很大程度上影响了这个设计。

The new, 4.1m high space was designed in collaboration with the client’s children. Their unencumbered view of the world acted as a catalyst for a highly innovative and imaginative concept. Ideas were developed around creating a den that could only be accessed by children with an elevated look-out or crow’s nest. The children’s favorite cartoon, Danger Mouse, heavily influenced the design.

危险鼠的不情愿的助手和伙伴欧内斯特-彭福德是一只胆小的、面带微笑的仓鼠，他的代号是 “拼图”，因为一有危险的迹象，他就会崩溃。这个有趣的新树屋将成为彭福德的藏身之处。他的代号给了开发一个几何框架的许可，这个框架看起来和它的建造方式完全一样。

Danger Mouse’s reluctant assistant and sidekick Ernest Penfold is a timid, bespectacled hamster with the codename ‘Jigsaw’ because, at the first sign of danger, he falls apart. The playful new treehouse was going to be Penfold’s hideout. His codename gave license to develop a geometric frame that looks exactly like the way it was built.

德-马托斯-瑞安的出发点是设计一个完全表达出来的木质框架结构，足够抽象，让孩子们的想象力自由驰骋，而不创造出一棵树的文字表述。在实践层面上，该结构需要分块预制，并通过前后两边的家用比例门穿过房子。

De Matos Ryan’s starting point was to design an entirely expressed timber frame structure, sufficiently abstract to allow the children’s imagination to run wild and without creating a literal representation of a tree. On a practical level, the structure needed to be prefabricated in pieces and carried through the house via domestic scaled doors at the front and back.

最终的设计是一系列三角形的花旗松框架，它们组合成一个截然不同的金字塔形。在底部，三角形以7和5的行数开始。西伯利亚落叶松板条覆盖层有一个不锈钢电缆格子，以鼓励攀爬植物超过体积，并最终创造出一种从未出现过的树木的感觉。

The resulting design is a series of triangular Douglas fir frames which combine to make a truncated pyramidal form. At the bottom, the triangles start with rows of seven and five. The Siberian larch slatted cladding has a stainless-steel cable lattice to encourage climbing plants over the volume and ultimately create the sense of a tree that never was.

该结构不寻常的形式和规模为想象力的发挥和自由探索提供了空间，因此在任何时候，它都可以同时让人联想到无限的戏剧性探索，如挖空的树干、宇宙飞船或城堡的炮塔。成人在某种程度上被一个低矮的入口阻止进入内部，人们必须弯腰爬进这个结构。在这个空间里，可以通过一个木制和绳索的梯子进入顶部的瞭望层。

The unusual form and scale of the structure provide scope for imaginative play and permissive exploration, whereby at any point it can be simultaneously reminiscent of limitless dramatic inquiries such as a hollowed tree trunk, a spaceship, or a castle turret. Adults are somewhat prevented from accessing the interior by a low portal where one must stoop under and crawl into the structure. Within the space, the top look-out level is accessed by a timber and rope ladder.

孩子们可以通过一系列的窗户向外看，这些窗户的设计与结构的形状相呼应，这些窗户也可以被打开，为空间提供通风。一个电动的雨量传感器屋顶灯位于结构的顶部，一旦开始下雨就会自动关闭。

The children can peer out through a series of windows designed to echo the structure’s shape, these can also be opened to provide ventilation to the space. An electric, rain-sensor rooflight sits at the top of the structure which automatically closes as soon as rain begins to fall.

空间内使用了外部等级的LED建筑管照明，以确保孩子们可以在较暗的日子里或在太阳下山后继续玩耍。该结构是在一周之内在现场完成的，包括所有的覆层和窗户。由于其不寻常的高度和后花园的形式，申请了规划许可，并取得了唯一的条件，即该结构需要在房产出售时被拆解和拆除。

External grade LED architectural tube lighting has been used inside the space to ensure that the children can continue to play on darker days or when the sun has gone down. The structure was put together onsite within one week, including all the cladding and windows. Due to its unusual height and form for a rear garden, planning permission was sought and achieved with the only condition being that the structure would need to be disassembled and removed when the property was sold.

Architects: De Matos Ryan
Year : 2021
Photographs :Hufton+Crow
Manufacturers : Garnica Plywood, Timber Workshop
Structural Engineers : Price & Myers
Main Contractor : Redline Building Services Limited
Height : 4.1 m
Width On Long Side : 2.38 m at bottom, 1.28 m at top
Width On Short Side : 1.8 m at bottom, 0.7 m at top
Timber Installer/Framer : Timber Workshop Limited
City : London
Country : United Kingdom