a forest is a great place to unite with nature and fully enjoy it. what if a forest was an endless maze of climbing nets? well, you can go to mount luofu, which is located in guandun province of china, and just try it out. chinese architectural practice unarchitecte designed a 5000 sqm climbing park in the mountain’s forest for the local school, yet available for all the visitors, even adult ones.

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

 

 

building a climbing system, architects connected all the trees in the valley by hundreds of diverse white triangle nets to constitute a combination of various topological surfaces — a ‘white sea’ for kids to play carefree. hanging baskets fixed at different levels are linked to each other in several round yards at the bottom of the valley.

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

 

 

a slender ladder slides straight down from the top of one side of the mountain to an octagonal glass maze standing on a suspended square. two huge spiral tubes and hemispherical tents embrace students inside of them, floating among the crowns of trees as crystal jellyfishes drifting in the sea.

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

 

 

thanks to the system, children have intimate access to the great nature in different height, they can make houses for squirrels, sing with birds and enjoy the sunshine glistening through the leaves. in a rough-and-tumble play, they build up friendship and learn to help each other; in silence exposed in nature, they picture the truth of beauty.

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

 

 

no tree was cut down during the construction except for already withered ones. in the basic climbing system, every side of triangle net is fixed on a tree by solid steel wire ropes. if the gap between trunks was too wide or the trunk was not strong enough, unarchitecte set columns to serve as supplemental support posts.

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

 

 

the entire forest is a unit, with a second safety net under the higher system. multiple exits set on the ground and in the aerial structure were set for the convenience of circulation. in addition, the scope of activities is defined by yards and corridors on the ground, which is easy to administrate and to ensure the safety of students. 

 

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

tree top adventure: suspended nets form climbing forest park through mount luofu, china

project info:

 

project name: climbing park of luofu mountain

architects: unarchitecte

architect in charge: zhang hetian

design team: zhang hetian, sun qingfeng, sun jihua, cheng bingli, zhou qingjun, jiang shihua

completion year: 2018

area: 5000 sqm

address: the school affiliated to luofu mountain chinese classics institute , boluo county, huizhou city, canton province, china

photographer: zhang hetian

development company: the school affiliated to luofu mountain chinese classics institute

construction company: beijing changchenghuayao decoration engineering co., ltd materials:polyester net