This Amazing Urban ‘Treehouse’ Made From Windows and Doors is Open to Everyone

The Bow House spans two levels and a grassy open terrace, and its entrance is ironically <em>not</em> a door - but an open gap that welcomes anyone who passes by.

French architect <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://www.stephanemalka.com/" target="_blank">Stéphane Malka</a> built this amazing temporary "Bow House" in the Netherlands from dozens of old doors and windows! The tiny recycled building is located in a public plaza in Heerlen, and it's open to anyone who might be passing by. The fascinating example of <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://inhabitat.com/6-bizarre-examples-of-parasitic-architecture/" target="_blank">parasitic architecture</a> is propped up on scaffolding and affixed to a a blind brick wall.

<a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://www.stephanemalka.com/" target="_blank">Stéphane Malka</a> is known for guerrilla installations and parasitic architecture - in the past he has proposed a housing complex at the <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://inhabitat.com/parasitic-guerrilla-architecture-hijacks-the-arche-de-la-defense/" target="_blank">Arche de la Défense</a> and student housing made from <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://inhabitat.com/ame-lot-repurposes-shipping-pallets-to-create-a-transforming-facade/" target="_blank">pallets</a> affixed to a wall.

He firmly believes that urban environments are ours to share so he based his career on transforming neglected city spaces into bizarre, recycled living spaces.

His latest work is the amazing Bow-House in <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heerlen" target="_blank">the Netherlands</a>, which is designed as an open shelter where anyone can temporarily live, free of charge.

The <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://www.stephanemalka.com/2014/09/bow-house/" target="_blank">Bow-House</a> is based on a flexible system and it can be assembled in any public space with an empty wall.

Ideal for nomads, this "graffitectural project" is a vertical extension of the property that adds a glazed and functional layer to an existing building.

The home is made using scaffolding framework and <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://inhabitat.com/piet-hein-eek-creates-an-art-gallery-from-recycled-materials-in-eindhoven/" target="_blank">salvaged windows and doors</a> assembled into a random patchwork.

Made from cheap, reclaimed and easy-to-assemble materials, the house is easy to replicate and encourages public participation as an act of resistance against ‘the laws of the <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_(place)" target="_blank">marketplace</a> and the commodification of construction.’

The amazing Bow-House was featured at Malka's recent book ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MLouHnr48U">Le Petit Pari(s)</a>‘ (2014) and is part of the <a title="Bow-House: Fascinating Parasitic Home Built From a Scaffolding Frame, Salvaged Windows and Doors " href="http://cultura-nova.nl/home.html" target="_blank">Cultura Nova Festival.</a>

The Bow House is located in a public plaza in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

A vintage chair provides a cozy place to perch next to the terrace.

The interior of the Bow House.

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