The withdrawal from the no doubt accepted, yet constricting, neighbourhood is reflected in the resort to the micro scale of the individual garden refuge, cut out from the house’s square ground plan. The large living areas act initially as a large room that is formed by its various flanks; on the one hand constrained by the atrium, seat niche and adjoining rooms and on the other hand, expanding toward the exterior. The continuity of the living rooms, or rather of the living room, is accentuated by the flowing of the long strips of parquet flooring and bright walls throughout. In marked contrast to this, the functional rooms are designed as compact chambers, which have been lined with different materials according...