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topo-23-25-pa-001:
The Biophilia Treehouse
Encino, CA / February 2023–present /

The Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, June 2025.



Project description: The Biophilia Treehouse is a UCLA Design Media Arts Counterforce Lab public art project directed by Professor Rebeca Méndez to grow a series of living sculptures offering birds a place to nest and thrive. 

Biophilia Treehouse is also conceived as an outdoor classroom, a community storytelling center, and a sequence of stepping stones designed to restore landscape connectivity across LA County.

The first Biophilia Treehouse was conceived and produced at the UCLA Design Media Arts fablab and installed in Encino, CA, on the grounds of the Holy Spirit Retreat Center stewarded by the Sisters of Social Service.

Project ID:
topo-23-25-pa-001
More info: https://counterforcelab.org/biophilia-treehouse

The Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, June 2025.
The Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, June 2025.
The Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, June 2025.
Landscaping the Biophilia Treehouse with UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology students, Encino, CA, February 2023.
Landscaping the Biophilia Treehouse with UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology students, Encino, CA, February 2023.
Landscaping the Biophilia Treehouse with UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology students, Encino, CA, February 2023.
3D Survey of Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, September 2023.
3D model of Biophilia Treehouse, UCLA Design Media Arts, September 2023.


The Biophilia Treehouse, Encino, CA, June 2025.