Forest Study

A study that disappears into the trees.

For this ‘non-building’, glass became a natural choice—its transparency being a necessary (non-)component in the architecture’s disappearing act. Save for one wall, all structural components are placed perpendicular to the approach and views, reducing visibility and the sense of construction and imposition.

A palette from nature deepens the feeling of land and landscape. Granites, African wenge, and a pink coral stone from Spain enhance the layering and flow of space inside.

A koi pond and a seven-metre tall aviary housing some 150 tropical birds are placed by the main double volume space, offering in full view the tumult and quietude of the jungle.