Perched on the apex of a highly terraced property, our design for a studio space overlooked the family’s main home just like an observatory might, rendering the workspace deliberately separate from the main house, consciously uncoupling work and life. To honor the former play house previously on this location, the structure includes a secret loft for the client’s daughter to host sleepovers in ‘off’ hours. Folding doors, windows, and skylights connect the surrounding botanicals of the hillside garden with the interior, creating an inspiring and serene work environment charged with nature.