A house with a bold yet understated presence toward the outside that hides a complex interior in relationship with a newly created landscape.
A place where the normative setback areas are reinterpreted as opportunities to redefine the perimeter and expand the domestic realm.
The stair presents itself as an element that tensions and enriches the experience of the interior space.
Arrival at the site revealed an apparently neutral landscape: a flat plot among pine trees that demanded the creation of an inner world capable of conversing with a newly imagined exterior. The house emerges as a sober presence outwardly, yet internally it unfolds with complexity, shaped by a redefined ground plane and an elevated horizontal plane that shelters a secret garden at its core.
Setbacks become opportunities—hidden patios, displaced staircases, and routes that expand spatial experience. The east-west entrance sequence leads to a generous horizontal space where the living-kitchen area opens toward a pool that nearly enters the home, drawing the surrounding greenery inside and framing the sky through the pines.
A dual staircase system introduces a vertical tension that connects the ground floor, a basement lit by skylights, and the first floor, where bedrooms overlook a double-height void. In the attic level, two study spaces rise like an internal beacon, visually linking the project’s key diagonals. Thus, a regular plot becomes a field for exploring new ways of inhabiting and expanding architectural boundaries.