Originally designed as a tight single-bedroom garage-adu-conversion project, we decided to make this adu into a studio instead. The decision for this allowed for adaptable layout customization by the user and maximized daylighting from windows that aren’t trapped within rooms. The backyard and driveway are now present in all rooms of the building instead of locking them in certain rooms. Instead of being a claustrophobic tight mess, the open plan allows for breathability within a 360 sqft footprint. Making the ADU feel bigger on the inside, while smaller on the outside, was the main goal for BarnHaus in this project, we’d like to say we achieved this outcome.