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The final drawings and renderings of the house designed for use with Velux skylights, a home tuned to qualities of light, air, and occupation.   read more

Update of the developments of an interior wall system that tunes to movement of air and captures light of the sun. This allows the house to breathe, letting the outside environment invade the home. read more

For an extension of the roof-scape into the program of a house, we started looking at sun conditions within that space. These started to dictate the programmatic needs of the space.  In order to allow the building to breathe, we began punching through the roof to create inner courtyards that will allow for the movement of air through the spaces. read more

The deployment of the manifesto, a look at the problem of the suburbs and our answer to their questions. read more

Photographs of roof-scape model looking at light qualities of the interior and exterior. read more

These drawings look at the aggregation of the roof-scape of Velux skylights in relation to site, sun, and airflow. read more

These drawings show the assembly and use of Velux skylights in a field. Layers of structure, skin and skylight work together to produce the overall roof-scape which is fine tuned to the movements of the sun. read more

This diagram shows plan of the roof-scape on site in relation to angles of the sun. These angles inform not only the positioning of the overall unit and the skylight unit, but start to appear on the interior finishes of the roof itself. The following images and drawings show how the rays of light extend through the skylight. read more

“Suburbia. Your own utopia. Your own manicured lawns, rows upon rows of vinyl covered boxes. Take a moment to consider why you are shaping your life in a place that is only designed for maximum profit by the hungry developers that sell them and the faceless politicians that back them.” read more

What does the future hold for the home? Current suburban manifestations of the ‘dream’ home are lacking. We are developing a system composed of light and air, grown out of a roof-scape, which will challenge the current ideas of the suburban dream. read more