surface construction beach hut. santa monica beach 1999  
 
location: santa monica beach
site: concrete pad foundation and wall from an abandoned beach hut
program: minimal shelter, providing a place to eat, sleep, read and a shower
   
 
 

the project deals with the idea of the continuous surface, performing the space for the different programs, which are related to changing levels of privacy. the exposed breakfast tableau folds up to a sleeping basket up in the air, which is partly attached to the back wall, and loops back to the spiral of the shower cabin. the surface pattern reveals only tiny views through the surface.