The concept of the project is social convergence. On the first and third floor, each program is contained within a mass and each mass has its own staircase, leaving no hallways for circulation. In order to travel to any other space in the house, one must take the staircase and “converge” to the living and leisure space in order to “diverge” into other spaces.
In contrast to the independent masses that receive natural light through clerestory windows, the second floor living space is completely glazed to allow for a panoramic view into the residential neighborhood and highway.
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