KRM House is a pavilion-style house informed by the ancient Latvian farmstead – the viensēta. Designed as a holiday home, the house is free of excesses and fosters a mindful awareness of place and time. It sits within a sparsely populated area of Gauja National Park in Latvia where passing animals are more common than humans. Nature takes care of entertainment, inspires and provokes. Life flows between the exterior and interior with the terrace as a facilitator.

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Traditional farmsteads have a yard bordered by the home and its outbuildings, so Open AD introduced a terraced garden instead of a barn, shed and sauna building. The terraced garden conceals a garage. The resulting central area creates a pocket of privacy within the landscape and strengthens the owners’ sense of belonging and ownership.