Environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill could’ve foregone her tree-wedged platform for a modernist marvel had she consulted architect Andrew Maynard before embarking on her infamous 768-day treetop protest. Maynard’s Global Rescue Station is a structure mounted in the endangered trees of Tasmania that aims to shelter activists, provide a visible symbol of resistance to corporate deforestation, and serve as a manned station that forestry workers would be powerless to remove. The small two-story housing unit is anchored to three trees instead of just one (as with typical treehouses), thereby protecting more trees from the logger’s saw.
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