"The pool doesn't sit beside the house. It doesn't occupy the backyard. It runs straight through the middle of the living space, dark-tiled and creek-like, with stepping stones crossing it at the entry. This is the organizing principle of Holocene House: water as hallway, water as climate control, water as the thing everything else revolves around."
"Above this central watercourse, a canopy of floating planters and geometric panels creates its own microclimate. Timber beams intersect with structural steel. Translucent jade FRP panels catch and scatter light. Plants spill from concrete boxes suspended in the grid. The whole structure has this disorienting quality, like multiple dimensions of garden folded into the same space. It's both hyper-technical and completely organic, which makes sense for a home that's carbon positive while feeling more like a living ecosystem than a building."
Holocene House places a dark-tiled, creek-like swimming pool through the center of the living space, with stepping stones at the entry. The 12-meter-long pool runs parallel to main living areas and uses reed beds, polishing ponds, charcoal, and pebbles to filter water without chlorine, mimicking wetland processes. Above the watercourse, a grid of timber beams, structural steel, concrete planters, and translucent jade FRP panels forms a canopy that suspends plants and scatters dappled light. Timber beams intersect with structural steel at multiple angles, supporting concrete planter boxes that float at various heights and make the interior feel like folded dimensions of garden. The assembly creates an immersive microclimate and a hybrid feeling of engineered systems and organic ecosystem, enabling carbon-positive residential performance.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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