A repurposed shipping container was transformed into a 300-square-foot living space.
Designed by Atelier Lina Bellovicova, House LO marks the country’s first residential project to use hempcrete, a sustainable and fire-and-mold-resistant materil.
The DeBoer’s vision was a seamless integration with the park made possible
with mature plantings and careful planning of the landscape architecture. It took
11 days, a massive crane and and all hands on deck during the planting phase.
One of the trees was brought in on a flatbed semi and weighed 7000 lbs!
Terreo Studio aimed to make this seven-unit apartment complex look “unrecognizable, so it stays a mystery from the outside.” From the white stone facades, through the interior marble and complimentary soft palette of the furnishings, to the open floor plan that meanders between courtyards, the architects took cues from Grecian architecture: Natural materials are used in abundance to create a structure that embraces the environment.
