• Plan a small and simple enclosure to minimize construction and energy costs.
  • Build a single slab-on-grade story for economy, easy access and efficient radiant-floor heat.
  • Use furniture arrangement as a starting point and combine living functions in one generous space.
  • Define and prioritize a living pavilion, distinguished from support spaces.
  • Make indoor and outdoor living areas two parts of a greater whole.
  • Plan rooms, services and circulation with a diagram that accommodates all parts at once.
  • Minimize inside corners, placing exterior openings so light washes in over walls and space flows outdoors.
  • Give the living space a high ceiling and large windows to capture outdoor scale.
  • Modulate the house diagram to create support spaces.
  • Build with durable, low-maintenance materials for sustainability and carefree living.