Limestone · Glass · Dark metal
A deep stone volume shelters the glazed living edge.
The garden is the starting point rather than the space left over. The house gathers around it, placing a quieter landscape within the daily route from one room to the next. Openings frame planting at different distances: a close view beside a threshold, a longer view through the living space. This gives the plan a shared centre while allowing individual rooms to retain their own degree of privacy.
Glass connects the main living space to the exterior, but stone gives that openness an edge. The heavier volume above creates a deep, shaded threshold, changing the experience of standing close to the facade. From within, the roofline draws the eye horizontally toward the garden. From outside, the contrast between solid wall and transparent opening makes the arrangement of shared and more secluded spaces easy to read.
Limestone and oak frame a room that opens toward the garden.
The facade is understood as a sequence of layers, not a flat elevation. An overhang, a recessed opening and the plane of the glass create different kinds of shadow. Their depth brings variation to a restrained material palette. The design studies explore how these elements align, where a corner should feel grounded and where it can appear lighter, without relying on an added decorative surface to establish character.
Limestone provides the dominant tone and texture. Its pale surface sits beside dark metal and clear glass, a limited combination that allows small differences to remain visible. The intention is to give edges and junctions the same attention as the overall form. Where materials meet, the detail should explain the transition: the weight of a wall, the precision of a frame, the openness of an adjoining space.
A recessed threshold brings stone, glass and dark metal together.
Ink studies clarify the facade, its openings and their depth.
The ink and watercolour studies examine different aspects of the same architectural idea. Line makes the relationships between volumes and openings legible; colour considers the warmth of stone and the softness of the surrounding landscape. Read beside the rendered view, they reveal the decisions behind the image. The house is developed through this exchange between a clear formal arrangement and the quieter atmosphere that arrangement can support. Each medium helps test what the other leaves open, from the outline of a wall to the feeling of its shade.