Designed to be a little refuge/house located on an elevated site with a view of the olive grove and the sea, like we have so often in Istria, with a terrace at the level of the olive tree canopy and the furniture in the house (the art of which will depends on the use of the tiny house itself) growing out of it, merged into one whole with the house and the house with the surrounding environment.
Here the concept is that a leaf creates and shape the entire form of a (tiny) house. The leaf emerges from the ground and take the form of some steps, which conduct you to an open terrace, or, if you are more enterprising, leading you to the roof of the house, itself taking the shape of a leaf. The wood laminate consist of only one piece in the longitude, creating a continuum that from the roof develops further in the shape of a pergola, consisting in 8 curved beams that expand themselves gently, embracing finally the space of the terrace, protecting it from the frontside.
The window is also connected to the main leaf and grows from the edge of the terrace in a diagonal line eventually taking itself the form of a leaf that with its veins let the light come inside the house. The curvilinear door has to have a glas opening. The entire shape of the house is curvilinear, always evoking the shape of a leaf, and provided with a large, round space that opens towards the terrace. This interior space will e closed by sliding doors (curvilinear too), in order to provide light, beautiful view and the warm touch of the sun inside.
The overall connection with the environment create a simple but pleasant, safe space to live and breath in harmony with the nature that surround the house but also vividly interacting with its shape, material and opening. The shape of the leaf transmutes into a dream-home (or should I say the house-of-my-dreams?), giving to its inhabitants the deep feeling to participate intimately to the breath and dance of nature.
[I do not give here a price for the finished leaf house because it would depend also (but not only) by the dimension and square meters chosen by the client]
