This document describes an architectural design project called the Batrun Annex-1. It used a virtual knife to carve out an open floor plan with no partitions from the earth, then inserted living functions directly underneath. Skylights were added by puncturing the concrete shell to allow natural lighting, resulting in a protected but totally open interior space.

1. Batrun Annex-1
by Michel Abboud

3. Using a virtual knife to carve out a plane from the earth and raise it as if
were annullable skin, we then inserted all the living functions directly
underneath in the form of an open-floor plan with no partitions.

4. Skylights are then worked into the project by strategically puncturing the
hard concrete shell to allow for extra natural lighting. The result is a
perfectly protected, but totally open interior space.