Capri house continues the studio’s exploration of a coastal suburban typology with interest in an operable and refined architectural language. The house is located in Jan Juc, surrounded by a mix of residential formats including the typical beach shack typology of the area. With pockets of distant view toward the rugged coastline, Capri house presents as a clarified form to the street address. Clad in permeable steel sliding screens to the north and south that allow the occupants to mediate privacy, sunlight, and weather. Entering at a split level between the outer fabric of the permeable screens and the external timber wall of the house provides visitors with a generous entry gesture which opens to a sheltered deck at the upper level. Externally the material palette is intentionally restrained which continues internally with the operable screens providing animation and protected views of the landscape beyond.

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