[Raise] above existing grade, accommodating this home to its South Floridian climate:

- Constricted by site conditions, resulting in an open air courtyard.
- Adapted by utilizing protective louvers and deep overhangs for interior spaces.
- Raised to accommodate the occasional hurricane, and the uncertainties of sea level rise.

The home is organized around a garden courtyard, a time-tested strategy which was regularly employed by Florida’s mid-century modernists such as Paul Rudolph and Gene Leedy. In this iteration, however, the challenges of a constricted site combined with a prescriptive zoning code to result in a two-story courtyard that is open to one side.