This is a level of playful niftiness I can totally get behind. It’s also a great thought provoker on how we can design more smartly and use less space/resources/etc by designing with (still playful!) flexibility in mind. All in a small garden house.
Four elegantly designed wood structures interlock on a wood deck; two of the structures are quite solid, two are greenhouse-like windows from floor to the top of the pointy roof. We can do the math, but there’s five basic configurations that alternate the position of shade and light, solid and void, view and privacy, and even open versus enclosed.
There isn’t much more than that, but there needn’t be. With things closed up, it’s a cozy cabin perfect for huddling close to the fireplace on a cool winter’s night. Push the glazed ends out, and you’ve got room for a ginormous dinner party. Flip it around, and your daily living space takes in all the beauty of spring or fall. Sleep under the stars, or sleep curled up in the corner. Come summer, the house splits and you’ve got patio living at its finest. Or zebra it all. Rearrange to respond to whatever flies your fancy that day.
Very cool. And very nicely done too. I really like the intricate and beautiful wood trusses that form the greenhouse portions, and there’s something equally elegant in the pairing of the wood siding and steel roof in the cabin portions. The wood stove is designed to mesh well (and be safe!) in all configurations, even providing an outdoor cook spot when the centre is open. And like the house itself, the lot is both expansive and nestled, with a pond on one side and a copse of trees on the other.
I like this aplenty. The Garden House by Caspar Schols.
Also, bonus video!
Lynx Thoughts 