Yaw: The House That Turns Toward the Sun

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:23]Welcome to this house tour in the Beskid [music] Mountains. The first thing you'll notice is that the building doesn't fight the slope. It yawns into it.

[00:00:31]The terrain dictates the form. [music] The house rotates slightly on its axis, turning living spaces toward the southern sun while anchoring into the hillside.

[00:00:39]>> [music] >> With a volume of 3,095 cubic meters spread across 1,354 square meters of covered area, it feels surprisingly open because it embeds into the ground rather than sitting on top of it.

[00:01:26]Now, look at the ground floor.

[00:01:28]Nearly 582 square meters.

[00:01:31]Instead of a flat lawn, the topography becomes part of the architecture.

[00:01:36]Parts of [music] the roof extended to the grass, and the driveway disappears under a cantilevered corner.

[00:01:41]Notice how no single elevation looks the same.

[00:01:45]The north side is buried [music] and protective, while the south side opens completely.

[00:01:50]That contrast, privacy on one side, panorama on the other, is the core idea here.

[00:02:28]Moving to the first floor, just under 207 square meters, you'll see why it's called Yaw House.

[00:02:35]Like an aircraft adjusting its heading, the upper volume pivots slightly.

[00:02:39]That small rotation aligns every window with a specific [music] mountain view, blocking neighboring houses while framing only the Beskid ridge line.

[00:02:48]The lesson for your own design on a sloping site, don't terrace everything flat.

[00:02:52]Let floor plates [music] shift and turn to capture what matters.

[00:03:51]Now, the pool, 141.5 [music] square meters of water that visually merges with the horizon.

[00:03:58]The key move, the pool sits at the same level as the ground floor.

[00:04:02]And the glass wall between living room and terrace [music] disappears completely into a pocket.

[00:04:07]The interior floor becomes a continuation of the pool deck with no raised edge or visual interruption.

[00:04:13]That kind of flush seamless threshold requires precise detailing. But the effect, letting the landscape step inside, is worth studying.

[00:04:35]>> [music] >> Finally, notice what the house doesn't have. No decorative cladding, no complex roof lines.

[00:04:51]The exterior is fair-faced concrete with [music] a board form texture.

[00:04:55]Inside, the same concrete appears on walls [music] and ceilings with polished screed floors.

[00:05:02]Warmth comes from a few wooden panels and shifting sunlight through deep window reveals.

[00:05:08]So for your own home, ask not what to add, but what to align. The sun, the slope, and the line of sight.

[00:05:16]That's the quiet lesson of Yau House.

[00:05:23]>> [music] >> Hey.