This little building, located in the owner’s backyard, was neglected
for years. The aim of the project was to provide a private space for a
teenager looking for his independence. Therefore, the program includes
elements necessary for an autonomous life including sleeping, living,
studying and washing. It had been decided between the parents and
teenager that meals would still be a shared time in the family home...
Due to the very limited floor space (12m²) we tested different options
assembling the programs into a kind of “inhabitable furniture”.
Multiple spaces are connected in a unique volume in a series of four
split-levels with dedicated areas for each of the programmatic
functions.
Silver birch plywood was chosen as the singular material for this
living-space-as-furniture, giving a visual coherence and unity to the
details and interlocking spaces.