A U-shaped concrete wall outlines, on the ground floor, the living room, kitchen and a hortus conclusus through which one enters from the street. Within the massive thickness of this wall (100 cm) the entrance, the vertical circulation and the kitchen are incorporated.

On top of this plinth two wooden volumes (one with a pitched roof and one with a flat roof) are placed in harmony with the geometry and scale of the surrounding context. They accommodate the bedrooms, dressing room, bathroom and an office / guest room. A terrace on top of the flat roof is accessed via a spiral staircase between the two volumes. The basement houses the technical areas, music and recording studio.

The position and size of all window openings are the result of pushing the limit of the balancing act between maximum privacy (as demanded by the client - musician) versus a direct relationship with the street (as desired by the client’s partner with extrovert personality). Some windows are designed as a paper-thin screen between inside and outside, while others have been thickened out so that they become a space in themselves.

The garden is designed in collaboration with Studio Basta