Built treehouse annex, then became their live-work respite

Dustin Feider’s prefab system assembles sturdy treehouses with minimum impact. After making models for clients such as The Doors’ guitarist, he shows a geodesic treehouse linked to an outdoor kitchen by a 50-foot hanging bridge. Feider first built a treehouse for his dad’s “epic” trees, then every neighbor on the Wisconsin street asked for one of his unusual builds. His first structure was made from recycled plastic, but what set him apart was his exploration of a suspended geodesic dome. Fresh out of furniture design school, he wanted to create a prefab pod that anyone could throw up in their trees. He developed a Lego-like hub and strut platform system called Tetratruss that allows arboreal architects to build in remote and hard-to-reach locations with minimal impact on the trees. Combined with his insulated panel system, O2 Treehouses can be prefabricated and shipped to sites install-ready. Dustin Feider studied Buckminster Fuller’s “tensegrity“ system to come up with hi