Studies

Selected Studies

Studies.

Selected studies exploring sequence, material light, and spatial awareness.

Study Framework

Each study isolates a spatial condition and follows how light, form, structure and movement shape perception.

Entry Compression

Perceptual Sequence Study I

Entry compression follows arrival as a gradual tuning of bodily perception. Thickened walls, shaded steps, lowered ceilings, and narrow apertures slow the passage before the architecture opens toward mountain, terrace, and sky. What begins as containment becomes orientation moving from shadow and mass into a space where volume, the landscape, or the horizon are held in view.

Diagram / Plan

Entry Unveiling

Veiled Approach Study II

The approach is shaped through withholding. Nothing is given all at once. Flowing water, textured walls and screens, and patterned shadow guide the body through a sequence of partial views where each pivot reveals only enough to draw the visitor forward. The architecture unfolds gradually, keeping curiosity alive and turning arrival into an act of discovery.

Diagram / Plan

Expansion

Spatial Release Study III

This study explores the moment when enclosure loosens into volume. Containment gives way to expanse. Overhead light, clerestory glass, extended roof planes, and shaded exterior patios widen perception and view, until interior space becomes continuous with landscape and sky, air and horizon.

Diagram / Plan

Framed View

Aperture Study Study IV

A framed view gathers the distant landscape of our world or the quietness of a cloistered courtyard into the architecture. Roof planes, walls, water features, and deep apertures hold the horizon in relation to the body, giving landscape a precise role in the space. Across the sequence the view is not simply seen but allowed to become part of the spatial experience.

Diagram / Plan / Elevations

Repose

Stillness Study Study V

The moment when movement through space gives way to stillness. Extended roof planes, shaded terraces, masonry walls, and framed horizons allow the house to settle into the slope and the body to settle within. Repose emerges through shelter, balance, and the quiet continuity between architecture and landscape.