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Transparent Dutch Hat like a Tent Roof Anchors a Holiday House

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An intriguing Origami-like tent roof folds at an angle over a breezy vacation home that is nearly all outdoor “rooms.”

Cincopatasalgato Arquitectura designed the unusual house on the outskirts of the capital city of the Latin American country of El Salvadore.

Concrete steps take you up to a concrete deck that acts as a ground floor for the house.

The transparent material of the roof overhang is unknown.

A pool is set into this concrete deck, creating a true focal point in the dry mountainous setting.

Under the overhanging roof, every room is a boxy modular series of contained spaces, whether indoors or out.

The living room can be completely open air, with sliding glazing that opens fully.

A more fully glazed module is the master bedroom, offering views on three sides.

The giant overhang shades and cools the second-floor pool from midday through the long hot afternoons.

This pool is also the first to greet the morning sun on the concrete deck that houses a series of small green roofs.

Here the living room is seen above the outdoor dining pavilion.

The repetition of squares of green roof/blue pool/green roof echo the modular rooms above.

Viewed from anywhere, each room or outdoor space has its own little “box” to itself, reminiscent of Montreal’s Habitat 67 apartment complex.

An odd and memorable place.