The box kite is a courtyard elevated to the roof, leaving the existing court to become a lush garden surrounded by house, roof, apartment, and garage overlooking this cen¬tral green space. The project creates an apartment that is a multifunctional space, allowing for living, working, and entertaining, seam¬lessly coexisting with the main row house and neighbor¬hood. The rear alley entrance becomes a second front façade announcing the apartment and the main dwelling beyond.

Materials are comprised of perforated weathering steel, wood, glass, and Portland cement plaster. All the materi¬als are in fact timeless, slowly changing with the seasons. Each element has a very clear purpose. For example, the perforation allows sun but modulates it and creates a kind of lightness allowing the structure to float like box kite. It also adds a level of privacy in a dense urban environment.