The Wrap House utilizes a shell-like roof wrapper, a lightweight exoskeleton enclosing sheltered view rooms. During high-wind events, hidden hurricane shutters roll out from the exterior frame, and the house transforms itself like a hermit crab. Twisting back and forth along the street facade, the wrapper inverts itself into a pure set of parallel roofs echoing the beach and horizon.
The ground floor is clad in limestone like the ocean’s calcium deposits, while the upper floors evoke floating driftwood and sails. The central living room reaches up two stories, traversed by nautical bridges supporting retractable glass doors, bringing the sound and light of the ocean inside.