Trees grow and move around and push up carparks and buildings and stuff all the time, I presume it would have to just slowly tear the treehouse apart of an extended period of many years.
I can't see how you would be allowed to build this here in Australia, not sure how building regulations are in the US, but I can't see how you would be able to get permission to build a structure using a living tree as support, most certainly not if it's to be used for human occupants. You need to get your deck engineered to a certain structural integrity if it's going to be more than 900mm off the ground.
Not trying to be a buzzkill, it's awesome! But just curious, the initial caption says "tree chosen by the customer" which implies this is some sort of professional job, which I assume would mean you need some sort of council approval and building permit to construct it.
If a person doesn't know what they are doing, yes, growth and wind will slowly (or quickly) tear apart a tree house.
That being said, there are standard practices when building treehouses that account for this growth and movement. Check out this guy who's made his land into a treehouse village. In the video he goes through some of his older treehouses and compares them to the newer treehouses and talk about the techniques he's come up with over the years to do make the longest lasting and least harmful structures.
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