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When the bed is raised, the area below can be used as a lounge area.

“Buildings could be planted like trees to give back more to local ecologies than they take out in spaces and resources,” says architect Antonin Yuji Maeno. “The key is marrying this idea with our need to urbanise and build more homes, helping to reverse the ecological collapse we are already facing.”

Durable VCT tiles were used for the floor. Though this material is typically used in a checkered pattern (you’ll find them in grocery stores, for instance) but all in one finish, it makes for a sophisticated, lightly flecked look.

The desk design integrates the work area into the bed's headboard and takes advantage of the lakeside view.

First-level floor plan for the Brook by Small