01 / Residential / Sample project

Alder house.

A low line in a wide landscape.

West bank, Riverbend / 2025

A low concrete and timber house beneath a pale sky. — 01 / The house follows the ground. Sample project.

01At a glance

Client type: Private household · sample
Area: 196 m²
Year: 2025
Status: Concept · sample project
Team: Mara Varden, Ellis Reed,
Noor Vale · sample team

The site

Follow the ground.

A narrow terrace sits above the dry riverbed. We placed the house along its edge, keeping the lower ground open and the distant ridge visible from the shared rooms.

The idea

A room for the sky.

A small courtyard interrupts the long plan. It brings light into the middle of the house and gives the bedrooms a sheltered outlook, away from the wider valley.

The material

Few materials.
Many textures.

Board-formed concrete anchors the house to the slope. Timber softens the spaces touched every day: the ceiling, the window reveals, a bench that follows the wall.

Sample Alder house interior with timber surfaces, concrete walls and a deep window facing the valley. — 02 / Daylight becomes the fourth material. Sample visualization.

02The plan

Open to the outside.

Concept plan / Not for construction

Alder house / Ground floorSample drawing / Indicative dimensions

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Alder house.

Follow the ground.

A room for the sky.

Few materials.Many textures.

Open to the outside.

Few materials.
Many textures.