On Friday, the team took the scaffolding away and now 555 stands solo.
It’s amazing! The house looks taller than it did with the scaffolding. And the space around it is massive. There’s sufficient room for all sorts of activities; my list of things to do is already growing.
I get a better sense of how the light plays on the house, too. I finally see it without the shadows of poles and walkways. There’s even a clear view to the edge of the gabion and the stadium stones.
Simply being able to walk around it freely, I can tell where we will gather. There are paths with natural places to pause, to sit, and to be comfortable in the outdoor space. Now I can start to think about the hardscaping to support those activities.
Sasaki-san climbed a ladder to get some shots of the house from a height. It looks almost exactly like the cardboard model Teramoto-san made for us at the beginning of the design process.
