The retreat will be raised above the ground using existing pine trees in the remote forested site and will be accessed by a suspended bridge. It will feature a mostly glazed exterior, which will be broken up by the wooden birdhouses of varying size and shape, carefully chosen to be suitable for different types of birds.
The interior will measure a snug 34 sq m (365 sq ft) and is reminiscent of BIG’s A45 tiny house with its tasteful dark hues and carefully considered space-saving furniture. It will include a sofa and hammock chair on the ground floor, as well as a bathroom and basic kitchenette, while a mezzanine bedroom will be accessed by ladder.
One potential issue is that all those birds will presumably mean a lot of bird poop nearby too, but BIG has looked into it and expects the exterior to remain mostly clean.
“I got to spend a few days and nights in some of the Treehotel rooms right before the pandemic, and left with a sense of rejuvenation from complete immersion into nature,” said BIG founder Bjarke Ingels. “I couldn’t help wondering if there was a way to take the immersion one step further – and almost instantly the idea of inviting not only the human visitors but also the resident bird and bat population to cohabit a spherical swarm of nests came to life. After our first conversations with Ulf Öhman from Norrbotten Ornithological Association we were relieved to learn that birds don’t drop where they nest – so there is hope for the glass to remain clear within this cloud of aviary architecture.”
Biosphere is expected to be completed and open for visitors later this year. We’ve no word on how much it will cost to stay yet.
Source: BIG
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Ever try to sleep in an aviary or the jungle? It’s not quite. Hopefully, they don’t have screaming monkeys too.
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Really bad idea. Sure, they don’t poo in their nest, but they do poo just outside it, so there will be poo all over this thing. Plus, birds don’t just poo, they produce lots of dust and dander from shedding skin flakes, quill sheaths etc, all of which will contain some level of pathogens. Completely surrounding yourself with wild birds and their mess is about as stupid an idea as I’ve heard in a long time and shows a complete lack of experience with birds of any type. I should qualify that we rescue birds here, but mostly chooks and ducks, but our property also attracts myriad wild birds, and they can make a hell of a mess.
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