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Gorgeous Tree House Hideout Above the Costa Rica Jungle

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Architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture creates a tree house effect for a family home perched above the Costa Rica rainforest.

To access the glorious ocean views, the home is perched high above the tree canopy.

On the steep site, this sort of pole construction barely disturbs the forest floor, which was important to the client and the architect.

The resulting design has a wonderful Swiss Family Robinson appeal – it is more like a secret tree house hideout than a family home.

This treetop hideout quality is emphasized by the steeply angled supporting columns and angled-up roofs.

Both angles also reinforce the sense of looking out from an open yet protected space.

The house is made up of three consecutive cabins with a linking outdoor corridor in front.

The interior and the exterior is all merged into one single platform launching ground above the rainforest, with bi-folding shutter doors that are very rarely if ever closed.

From this amazing perch, the family home has a real feeling of warmth and shelter.

The master bedroom embraces the ocean views.

Locally harvested bamboo lines a back passageway connecting the childrens’ bedrooms.

Accessed along the back bamboo walkway, the childrens’ bathrooms are colored in a traditional green stucco.

These bathrooms face and reflect the jungle behind the house.

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Bamboo is also used to make these beautifully crafted sliding doors, using local construction techniques.

Rainwater is harvested from the roof and returned to the under forest allowed to grow beneath the house.

Unlike some of the neighboring homes, Casa Flotanta is is an ecologically sensitive house that sits lightly on the land.