Biophilic design is an ever-evolving concept that can extend beyond aesthetics and material choice to sustainable practices, energy-efficient technologies, and sustainable materials. Ultimately, a built environment that offers a connection to the earth and nature has been shown time and time again to have a positive impact on wellbeing.
It’s not by chance that forests crop up so regularly in fairytales. They’re older than us, bigger than us, and their furthest reaches are wild and unfamiliar
This wedge-shaped holiday cabin by Estonian architecture office B210 is raised above its boggy site on stilts and features steps that climb over the building to reach a rooftop terrace.
B210, which is based in Tallinn, designed the Maidla Nature Villa for a site on the estate of a former manor house in Rapla county.
Maidla Nature Villa sits in Estonian bogland
The owners of the Maidla Nature Resort wanted to provide visitors with a unique accommodation experience that immerses them in nature and makes the most of this remote and unusual site.
Described by its owners as a micro-hotel situated in an untouched bog landscape, the single-room dwelling is raised up on stilts above the high-water level.