zinc plated mild steel.
The idea of arrival and entrance gave form to this rethink of the traditional main entry floor mat for the louvrebox house.
Set four feet away from the edge of its porch, the glass lobby of the house was intended to be a floating lantern to the street, disengaged subtly from garage mundane, a space in between to allow for the soul act of coming home.
A bridge was required for the poetic.
It was decided quite quickly that the functional would best serve poetry and a floor grate of galvanized steel placed over the void was designed to mark both the symbolic act of arrival and the simple act of kicking off dirt.
