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Source: Kaj Lergaard archdaily.com

Sinus House, Denmark, 2007 designed by CEBRA

The concave cuttings in the long side of the wing house function as large reflectors of light, and irrespective of the position of the sun in relation to the house they secure that daylight is being let into the house – either directly through the large glass areas or reflected by the white surfaces opposite the glass areas. Even when the sunlight falls longitudinally on the façade the home will be filled with warm light. -- ArchDaily

Source: Yiannis Hadjiaslanis archdaily.com

Hill House, Athens, Greece, 2008 designed by PAAN Architects

Parts of the volume are subtracted creating voids that define in between spaces, blur the limits and create new relations. In vs. out, enclosed vs. open, intimate vs. public vs. private, high vs. low, light vs. dark. -- ArchDaily

Source: Takumi Ota archdaily.com

Kiritoushi House, Oamishirasato city, Japan, 2011 designed by SUGAWARADAISUKE

The exterior is finished as a simple box, allowing the residence to blend in easily with the rest of the surroundings. -- ArchDaily

Source: Filip Dujardin archdaily.com

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House VDV, Destelbergen, Belgium, 2013 designed by Graux & Baeyens Architects

The volume, consisting of one level with a pitched roof, alludes to familiar archetypes such as the rural homestead or barn. But at the same time the volume is broken up by large glass facades, so that the relationship is established with the surrounding trees and the listed castle wall. -- ArchDaily

Source: Fernando Alda archdaily.com

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Four Programs Pavilion, Los Vilos, Los Vilos, Coquimbo Region, Chile, 2014 designed by Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido

The commission was for a pavilion bordering a tennis court that could handle four programs in the following order: sauna, gymnasium, baths, and lodgings for a caretaker. 

....synthesized the problem of the interrelationship of the programs by making three sections in the building and then slightly shifting the sectioned parts, thereby generating entrances into each part and relating their interiors with the landscape into which they were inserted. The result, in spite of the sectioning, is still a single piece, able to “remember” its original state, before the cuts were made. -- ArchDaily