ok… i’ll admit it… i want a pool in my basement!

via belowtheclowds.

“The building is located on the edge of the site, to maximize the distance with the neighbors and make room for another building. The basement concrete anchor the building to the slope of the land and houses access and services. About this is a volume of wood in the house, which appears as a boat. This floor overlooking eastward, protecting access.
The concrete chimney rises from the basement as a mast, and next to the concrete walls form the skeleton, which are located behind the two stairways that connect the 3 levels. The kitchen area is deliberately lower to recreate the feeling of space compact enclosures of mountain huts.”

“The panoramic window fixed 5m long, which fits the incredible view of the landscape, introduces a contemporary modernity. The plant makes possible a polygonal space division differentiated and allows the chimney is the protagonist in the spaces.”

via materialicious

“Boxhome is a 19 square meter dwelling with four rooms covering the basic living functions: kitchen with dining, bathroom, living room and bedroom.Firstly, the project focuses in the quality of space, material and natural light, and tries to reduce unnecessary floor area. The result is a dwelling where the price is only 1/4 of the price of any same size apartment in the same area. Boxhome is a prototype building, yet the same attitude could be taken further to bigger family housing and consequently to work places.”via samirintala.com