The dark house at dusk, lit openings

Casa Nunu

Apparatus Architects

A woman by the round window at dusk

Light tells the time here.

Figure silhouetted in warm light through the opening

Black and white cut-out study of the forms

Apparatus gave us strong forms. We followed them across one day.

Grey model of the curved volumes

White model from above

The white cubic house, path through pink grasses

Terrace under the concrete canopy, seating

Courtyard with a tree and the concrete basin

Sofa corner under the wooden louvres

Kitchen and dining, dark timber, view through the house

By day the house is massive. Concrete keeps the heat. The mood is quiet and drawn inward.

Living room with the sofa facing the garden

Dining table under the curved ceiling

A figure in the shaft of light between concrete walls

Study with bookshelves and desk, warm timber

Dark room with the tall window, evening light

The forms gave us our frames. We only had to read them. The challenge was warmth, making something this bold feel like a home. So we leaned on the light, and let the strange forms soften into somewhere you could live.

Spiral staircase from above, black and white

The living room under the round skylight, daytime

Feet by the pool with a bottle, dusk

A hand touching the water, orange light

Curved facade with a lit window at dusk, pink flowers

By night the logic flips. Light stops entering and starts living inside. It traces the forms and names the relation between them. Wall to void. Stair to shaft. Timber where concrete was. Drama becomes warmth. The cave becomes a home.

Villa Nunu holds two moods. Light decides which one you stand in.

The living room under the skylight, night

Full moon over the house, grasses in the foreground