WHY began by asking the question: “How would we design a park to live in?” Sliding glass doors integrate the ground level of the house as part of the surrounding garden, and the private second-story spaces are lifted up like treehouse platforms. The open plan of the ground level is achieved by a minimal steel and concrete framework, while the idiosyncratic scale and proportion of the upper rooms is reminiscent of the small wooden bungalows of Venice – each room is a varied wooden volume with a different skylight configuration. Rather than following a grid, the plan for the spaces is organic and forest-like, and many of the structural elements are fused with the function of the house. Concrete columns support shelves or create benches, steel columns are supplied with coat hooks. Daily activity extends uninterrupted throughout the site, from the public walk-street to the kitchen, creating a natural balance of intimacy and sociability.