Structure
It is often thought, wrongly, that this house was built in concrete, when in fact made of wood. Once it crossed the south facade wooden structure that houses the private areas of the house and utility appears.
Section
The link between the two contrasting spaces that form the house, the private and the public expressed through two structural systems. In public spaces, the structure consists of round steel columns standing free supporting beams and roof, independent elements that describe the pattern. In the private or closed side of the house, the walls are timbered load. External construction materials, vertical paneling and glass, also serve to express the contrast between the open and closed spaces. This abrupt juxtaposition of solid and void, incomplete without the other, expressing an apparent tension and a dialectic between the two areas.
Suspended between the brick fireplace and structural pillars, the glass wall creates a subtle tension that leads to who occupies a part of the outer life. The railings of the upper and lower levels with a setback from the glass, accentuates this feeling.
The fireplace, located opposite the entrance, is pushed outward by a strict framework of uprights.