As the world's population balloons, more forests are bulldozed to make room for new homes. But what if we didn't have to knock down trees to make way for houses?

(MORE: Is This the 'New' New York?)

Finding a way to stop aggressive deforestation is a passion for Denmark architecture and design student Konrad Wójcik.

"We want to be 'close' to nature, and in the same time we are the ones responsible for its devastation," Wójcik says.  

That passion led him to design the Primeval Symbiosis, also called the Single Pole House. The tree-shaped home is built on a single, strong pole to sit above the tree line, which allows the home to leverage the sun's power. 

"Like trees, they feed from the sun and gather water in order to survive," he explains. The home's self-sufficient construction would use solar power as its main energy source. Bio-waste and an emergency fireplace would also produce energy and heat when needed.

Get More of Our News on Google

Set The Weather Company as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value.

(PHOTOS: Could You Live Here?)

He designed the home to leave no negative impacts on nature, which includes using recyclable, local building materials that could be reused or returned to the earth once the house was vacant.

Wójcik is sharing his incredible designs with weather.com in the slideshow above. You can see more of his work on his Behance page.

{"id":"wxn2","type":"wxnode_content_well","schema_version":"1.1.12","contentwell":"\n

<\/div>\n\n\n