BAUM LAB

Synapse House is an experimental housing project that advocates for open domestic interactions. Its star-shaped floor plan
organizes domestic uses around two interconnected halls, illuminated from skylights. Like in neuronal network, several
branches spread out from the nucleus towards the exterior. Every space is, thus, intimately connected with the garden, in
some sort of architectural synapse. Two L-shaped, timber-made, bodies provide the interior with bathrooms, closets and
kitchen, as they articulate the domestic fluxes around the skylighted halls.
Built with an insulated double concrete shell, the building optimizes the use of materials and their bioclimatic performance.
In response to the classical question: How much does you building weigh? the answer would be that it weighs less than a
half of what would be expected, with three times more thermal insulation. .fuser