16. The Sleek Wooden Slatted Privacy-Wall Modern House
Introduction
Privacy meets cutting-edge style in this modern house design. Featuring intricate exterior slatted wooden screens built from trapdoors and fences, this home offers stunning light filtration and seclusion.
What This Idea Means
This concept explores the interplay of light, shadow, and privacy in residential architecture. The slatted wooden screens cast mesmerizing geometric shadows across interior rooms as the sun moves across the sky.
How to Make It
- Core Glass Box: Build a modern two-story glass and white concrete house structure.
- Slatted Privacy Screen: Construct an exterior secondary facade layer using Spruce Trapdoors, Spruce Fences, and vertical wooden beams positioned 1 block away from the glass walls.
- Open Balconies: Leave cutouts in the slatted wooden screen where balconies protrude outward.
- Warm Wood Finishes: Use stripped spruce and dark oak throughout the exterior screening for rich, uniform warmth.
- Minimalist Entry: Create a recessed entryway flanked by polished stone pathways and water features.
Tips and Variations
- Variation: Use mangrove trapdoors for a rich, reddish-brown wooden slatted facade.
- Tip: Place hidden lights behind the wooden slats to create a glowing lantern effect at night.
Materials Needed
- Spruce Trapdoors (150)
- Spruce Fences (80)
- Stripped Spruce Logs (60)
- Glass Panes (100)
- White Concrete (90)
- Smooth Stone Slabs (40)