The living room on the ground floor had an original floor area that follows the form of an imperfect square.
The height difference between the entrance at the ground level and the internal courtyard presented architects Diego Cisi and Stefano Gorni Silvestrini of Archiplan Studio with the opportunity to create a wooden deck outdoors.
Floor plan
The bedrooms, laundry room, and bathroom are connected by a central hallway with a skylight above it.
The aqua field tiles in the powder room echo the colors of the Pacific Ocean nearby.
Clerestory windows bring plenty of natural light into the double-height kitchen. The kitchen has a white quartz countertop and island, and a white Carrara marble tabletop.
On the sides of the front folding glass doors are vertical cement board fins that emphasize the street-side corner.
The open plan living, dining, and kitchen areas.
An upper-level media room.
Bright yellow cabinets in this kitchen add a playful, fun touch, while also maintaining a sleek, contemporary look.
The garden effortlessly integrates the outdoors into the living space.
Through the bright front door, a hallway leads to a spacious living and dining room, which opens to a garden.
From the street, a discrete metallic wall features two green steel doors on either side.
Lookout bridge
House Ocho
Exterior with infinity pool-VILLA CP
A sectional drawing shows the space as it could be used with opened panels to the outdoors.
A large cushioned bench at one end of the cabin provides a seating area that looks out onto the landscape beyond.
Istanbul-based architecture firm SO? built the tiny cabin with plywood both inside and out, and also used birch plywood for some of the furnishings.
A slatted wood canopy extends from one side of the cabin, providing an increased amount of filtered light.
Moving the entrance off the street to the rear of the house allowed for the creation of a diminutive side yard.
While the space is heavily insulated, with strong solar gain, a cast-iron stove from Salamander Stoves provides extra warmth on cool days.
A neutral palette for furniture keeps the interior feeling light and sun-drenched.
Bookmatched wood veneer cabinetry brings a warm, tactile feel to the interiors.
The roof is the only solid element.
At night, the home glows like a glass jewel box.
A large porch projects out from the main building.
Cloaked House, as 3r Ernesto Pereira named it, blends into its hillside location.
The plan of the Cloaked House.
A axonometric of the project shoes its long, rectangular form with cut-outs to preserve existing trees.
Existing trees poke through the large patio.
The home has sliding doors with thick wood frames.
A custom kitchen with a cantilevered countertop mimics the way the house is perched on a hillside, seeming to defy gravity.
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