Utilising a grid relating to function and budget, various overlays are applied, shifting the grid and guiding spatial configuration. Overlays include the clients’ wish for the kitchen to be the heart of the home, outdoor spaces with varied levels of shelter and linkages to the surrounding landscape, generating a complex interlinked series of volumes. The building is conceived as a dark container in the landscape, a protective armour revealing a timber inner where outdoor activities take place within the confines of the building envelope.