New York City based Architectural Studio producing thoughtful, sensible & sustainable design
A fully functioning, all-electric, energy efficient studio apartment floats on the still waters of a lake, pond, canal or reservoir.
It provides an escape from the noise and chaos of your urbane city life, towards a more peaceful, restful, and contemplative slowdown, where you can tune-out your daily concerns and tune-in to the different rhythms of nature.
Water naturally calms and soothes your mind, and your anxieties diminish. Quietude miraculously helps slow time.
The contemporary hideaway design is deliberately minimalist, compact and geometrically pure. Disappearing into its surroundings, the mirrored facade quietly reflects the beautiful natural environment and the protected niche ecosystems around it.
This is a custom-designed jewel-box of miniaturized technical nautical architecture: clean, crisp, rectilinear and hard-edged on the exterior, but with an interior of “soft quiet minimalism": diaphanous curtain scrims throughout, luxurious low-slung daybeds, barefooted carpet loom to lounge spaces, and privacy curtains that help absorb air-borne toxins.
Limed natural wood linings to the floor and ceilings compliment the warm, healthy, humane, comfortable interior spaces. From within, the exterior glazed walls are fully transparent, transforming the surrounding natural environment into an immersion of ever-changing light, shadows, seasons and weather patterns.
Designed, drawn, documented and priced at under $100K USD this tiny getaway is meant to be affordable, speedily manufactured and easily delivered via pickup trailer to your favourite quiet waterway. Order now for your sanity.