‘I had decided not to create spectacular buildings but to try to be economical and avoid any unnecessary expense.’ Max Bill

The HH3 had two previous designs. Due to dire economic circumstances both had to be scrapped. Even what has been built is a compromise; but every design intent is compromised when it emerges from the drawing and begins the long painful process towards reality. What started as an attempt to show every block and every lentil has by default turned into an exercise in plasticity and purity.

Any attempt at simplicity always runs the risk of ending up simplistic. There was no tolerance for gratuitous form making and conceptual play in this project. It is what it is—bare, utilitarian and sparsely articulated. It is a container for a couple that wants to live with less stuff, less walls, and less maintenance.

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