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PLB studio

PLB studio

Brooklyn, NY

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House on a hill

This prototype for a house on a hill follows the esthetics of the folded origami game. The house stretches down to the garage through a cover stairway following the angle of the terrain until it meets the main volume set to the back of the plot. The house is site on a hill from where the views have to be magnified and carefully instrumented.  The openings to the facades are simple rectangle windows that deform irregularly due to the triangulation of the overall morphology. This gesture gives a singular premise to each opening and to the view they have to offer.

 
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Status: Unbuilt
Location: no specific location