Incredible Rooftop Treehouse In Amsterdam Made From Fruit & Veggie Crates

Talk about a bird's eye view. Amsterdam installation artist, <a href="http://www.leonardvanmunster.com/blog/" target="_blank">Leonard van Munster</a>, created a tree house precariously balanced on top of the <a href="http://www.stedelijkmuseum.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=894" target="_blank">Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art </a>with views of the city and the train station. <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-football-stadium-made-from-produce-and-recycled-crates/" target="_blank">Old fruit and veggie crates</a> were used to build a treehouse around a tree, which also makes for an interesting graphic statement. Named Under Heaven 01, the tree and rickety treehouse in the very urban and industrial landscape make for a truly eye-catching juxtaposition.

Before you get to thinking you can go see this now, van Munster's installation was actually back in 2004 as part of the temporary exhibition, "Mark", for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

The treehouse was built off site out of waste graphic material - mostly old veggie and fruit crates.

Then tree and treehouse were hoisted into position on top of the building, balanced and held in place with guy wires.

Van Munster accessed the makeshift shelter by ladder and at night a light would glow out of it when someone sat in there.

The installation was built on top of a 50 meter high, 12 story building, and the crate house was another 9 meters above the roof line.

At the time, the building was apparently deserted (it still seems to be according to Google Maps), so it must have been interesting from the street level to see a tree sprouting from the building's rooftop, let alone watch as a man climbed up and into it.

View of Amsterdam from the treehouse.

View of the train station from the treehouse.

The treehouse in the making. Notice the various produce labels.