b0x house
“I want it to open onto the forest . . . . but I want my privacy too”
The b0x house started with this simple request. The resulting design expresses these somewhat contradictory emotions by proposing two separate structural systems to remedy this challenge. The lower floors are delineated by an exposed concrete structure that frames various views into the nearby forest and lawn. The upper floor is a wood structure that is clad in a cedar siding.
The resulting composition creates a situation that is at once open and closed and maintains a very abstract form to arouse the intense feeling of nature that often encompasses it.