ak house
On the slopes of the Poriya ridge, this home was designed for a young family drawn to the quiet of the hillside and the openness of the view. The plot falls steeply toward the Sea of Galilee, and its demanding topography became the starting point of the design rather than an obstacle to be flattened away.
The house steps with the land, letting each level find its own relationship to the slope and to the water below. Its front elevation is defined by two deep pergolas that fold into one another, tracing the form of an “S” across the facade. More than a gesture, the move stitches the two floors into one continuous composition — shading the interiors through the long Galilee summer, framing the view into measured horizontal bands, and softening the mass of the building as it reads from the road.
Inside, the living spaces open fully onto the terraces, blurring the line between sheltered and open. A restrained palette of pale concrete, warm timber, and slender metal profiles keeps the architecture quiet — leaving the landscape, and the shifting shadows the pergolas cast across the day, as the primary material of the house.
