Agricultural building converted to mixed residential and office use, France. Walls: granite with basalt and quartz. Roof: Douglas fir frame, pine planks, wood fiber insulation, clay tiles, 12 tilting windows. Floor: pine planks.
Outer wall: lime and hemp on granite. Ceiling: glued laminated fir main beam, pine trunk cross-beams, pine planks, blow-in cellulose insulation. Floor: concrete slab, radiant hydronic underfloor heating in lightweight cement. 1889 Pleyel grand piano.
Outer wall: lime and hemp on granite. Floor: lightweight cement sealed with oil (sunflower, soy, thistle) and wax (carnauba). Pine ceiling. Radiant hybrid electric/wood hydronic underfloor heating.
Garage space converted to a triplex studio, France. Bed suspended between supporting walls above staircase dug into the foundations.
Garage space before conversion
Kitchenette and bathroom dug into the foundations. Staircase angled towards the upstairs window to bring natural light into the lower floor. Electric pump for below-grade plumbing drainage.
Imperial gold and crimson railroad apartment project, New York: Emperor Diocletian's hypothetical villa rustica Brooklynensis