Responding to the openness demanded by its tropical climate, the house offers a protected domestic realm that maintains flexibility between interior/exterior and private/social spaces. Clay brick piers anchor the ends of the house and contain all services for hygiene and nourishment - an entry kitchen in one, a toilet and wash area in the other. Between these bookends, an enclosure is wrapped in bamboo panels, with one end opening to a raised courtyard space via swinging partitions, enabling a family to extend or reduce living quarters as needed throughout the day. The brick piers enact a tectonic embrace of the domestic spaces, shielding them from total exposure, while still allowing for open and communal interaction between. The act of raising the house to sustain the annual flood cycle creates a shaded area below for daily activities, commerce, and socializing.

The basic construction modules of the house comprise a flexible system and can be extended and adjusted to accommodate various site conditions, family sizes, and financial ability. When houses are aggregated, the elevated courtyard becomes activated as a connective element, joining multiple families across a shared view corridor where they can interact along a raised stage. The materials of the house are familiar and largely produced locally, stimulating economies and connecting communities. They honour vernacular traditions and techniques, updating them into a modern Cambodian vision. Cambodia has a long and rich architectural legacy, and its domestic spaces should be no less a point of cultural pride than the grandest of Khmer Architecture.