This humble design incorporates 3 separate wings arranged to form a south facing courtyard for maximum solar exposure and shelter from northerly winds. This is the ‘tame’ communal side protected from the surrounding ‘wilds’ of the north. On the south is the action with people gathering, swimming, socializing. The discreet massing of the wings appear to barely emerge from the land. The Living Wing utilizes passive heating and cooling with its south glazing, sunshades and concrete floor. Natural materials (Concrete, Corten, shou suji ban cladding) were chosen for fire resiliency, low maintenance and to recede into the landscape.