Aacacia Arboricola Synthetica is a project Al designed with his
AA Diploma tutor, Peter Thomas' office,
51pct. The project is to be featured in the upcoming book, Analogies: Vegetal Architecture for Parram Publishers.
Its a synthetic tree situated in the African Savanah. The fractal branching pattern was tuned to mimic an
Acacia Tree, thus blending into the landscape and not scaring the wildlife off. The treehouse would provide alternative accomodation for 21st century safarists to observe wildlife from above as they come to sip from the adjacent watering hole.
Mesh trampolines span between the sets of 6 branches to form the floor network vertically connected by rope ladders. Opaque PTFE clads the canopy to form a series of tent-like sleeping capsules in the tree top. The structure's integrity is mostly derived from the tensile restraint of the fabric and mesh.