Glass House Analysis
2021
Design Components Comparison
This design exercise considers Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House in São Paulo, a canonically modernist building, and reimagines how the design might evolve if built with mass timber. 
	





Construction Detail Comparison





Due to the impressive spanning capabilities of cross-laminated timber, the final iteration considers arching the roof.
	

Section Perspective 1
Section Perspective 2
Fantastical Landscape
	
Bedroom with Arched Ceiling
	
This project follows Mass Timber Structural Research.
Thank you to my beautiful collaborator, Valentina Mancera.
Thank you to my beautiful collaborator, Valentina Mancera.