The Steampunk Tree House is representative of a mutually beneficial relationship between people and nature: humans living in harmony with the planet and its natural elements. The House component itself is built of recycled wood, clockwork components and steel, styled after the Victorian age of architecture, H.G. Wells, and Jules Verne.

The Tree House may indeed remind people of a simpler, more innocent time. It may serve as a reminder of childhood, and an example of how humans might live in harmony with the unnatural nature of nature. However, the tree is also meant to inspire critical thought on the part of its dwellers, encouraging its inhabitants to reconsider the often-paradoxical relationship between humans and the environment of which we are a part.