Tear Drop Tree Tents

Tear Drop Tree Tents

I found the website of a Dutch artist, Dré Wapenaar, who builds tear drop shaped tents intended to hang in a tree.

They are metal framed structures about 9 feet in diameter and about 12 feet high. Room enough to sleep two adults and two children on the main floor.

The structures are designed to be temporary shelters that are easily transportable and yet comfortable enough to live in with minimal impact on the surroundings.

The following is a quote from Dré Wapenaar in his speech at the Intenational Design Conference, Aspen Colorado, june 2001:

“The story of my tents as they relate to campsites, however, started with the TREETENTS which were originally designed for the ROAD ALERT GROUP in ENGLAND. This group of activists fight against the excessive constructing of highways through forests. During their protest they cover themselves and hide and live in the trees to fight as long as possible against the rushing violence of the chain sawers. The TREETENTS would provide a comfortable place for them to stay during their habitation of the forest and prevent the trees from being cut down. Even though I designed the tents for use by the ROAD ALERT GROUP the project never happened. Before I finished it, a representative from a campsite saw the drawings of the TREETENTS and convinced me to sell them this project. It was a huge success; and is still in use today."

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