It is a retreat, a secluded and secure home. It consciously plays with analogies to old monasteries and castles erected in steep cliffs.

The true extent of the inner life is not apparent from outside. Those who know the entrance will find a warm welcome and feel sheltered and secure in the house.

Once arrived at the entrée, one can see through the whole house the ascent to the outside - the goal. Unconsciously, one is drawn outside and entrapped by the adjacent rooms only to be released into the wideness. One enters stairs, unseen first and overlapping, and feels mislead by perspective recurrences and taperings. In HappyHouse, the ways are the goal.