Immersed in the extensive garden of a 1930s villa in an upscale residential neighborhood of Basel – this small rectangular annex stands as a contemporary interpretation of the garden dependency type. Resembling the fragment of a palazzo, its flat facade is articulated by a row of large vertical windows punching the rough roofing-paper cladding whose modular repetition also hints at the ashlars of a classical stone wall. The windows can be closed by means of large shutters that allow to completely obscure the pavilion’s interior while recomposing the unity of the outer walls.

Inside, an enfilade of three main compartments is reminiscent of a bourgeois interior. Two squared living spaces are symmetrically arranged on each side of the core, housing a bathroom and a kitchen. The wood panes cladding the interior walls are painted in an opulent olive green that reflects onto a cold light-sanded concrete, a material palette once again closer to that of a villa than a backyard barn. Thanks to the generous windows the surrounding garden acquires a material presence within the rarefied space of the pavillion.