nerd studio

“Space surgery” becomes a design methodology through which the existing house is carefully incised, revealing opportunities for landscape to penetrate the built envelope. By converting portions of the former hardscape into a curated greenscape, the intervention redefines the spatial atmosphere. Linear planting beds, a sculpted tree, and filtered daylight animate the once-static corridor, turning it into a threshold where interior and exterior begin to overlap. This deliberate insertion of greenery not only softens the architectural edge but also orchestrates new visual and sensory connections, extending the experience of the house outward and allowing nature to become an integral part of daily circulation.”

Along the elongated corridor, the presence of greenery unfolds like a soft counterpoint to the solidity of the walls and columns. A single tree, sculptural in its branching silhouette, casts shifting shadows that animate the surface of the enclosure throughout the day, turning the passage into a temporal canvas. The long wooden bench extends this gesture of continuity, offering a moment of pause where one can witness the subtle interplay between built form and natural growth.
In this reimagined space, the threshold between interior and exterior dissolves into a gradient rather than a line. Light moves differently here—filtered, reflected, and refracted by leaves and plaster—creating a choreography that changes with the hour. The house becomes more than a shelter; it becomes an organism in dialogue with its environment, breathing through the cuts made intentionally into its body.