Courtyard House

A home organised around an open room, an olive tree, and the passing light.

Residential

Mediterranean landscape

Fictional concept

The idea

This fictional study begins with a courtyard rather than a building. A sequence of quiet rooms turns inward, creating a sheltered centre that remains open to the sky. The threshold between house and garden becomes a place to inhabit.

This fictional study begins with a courtyard rather than a building. A sequence of quiet rooms turns inward, creating a sheltered centre that remains open to the sky. The threshold between house and garden becomes a place to inhabit.

Material language

Lime plaster brings a soft, continuous surface to the walls. Pale limestone runs from the rooms into the courtyard. Dark steel frames hold a deliberate, fine edge against the weight of the masonry.

Lime plaster brings a soft, continuous surface to the walls. Pale limestone runs from the rooms into the courtyard. Dark steel frames hold a deliberate, fine edge against the weight of the masonry.

Living with light

Deep reveals filter direct sunlight. The courtyard gathers reflected light and shares it with the surrounding rooms. The atmosphere changes slowly through the day, without asking the architecture to change.

Deep reveals filter direct sunlight. The courtyard gathers reflected light and shares it with the surrounding rooms. The atmosphere changes slowly through the day, without asking the architecture to change.

This is a fictional design study for the STILL template, not a completed commission. Imagery is AI-generated.

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