To reduce the sense of oppressiveness that the house might project for passersby, Asari appended two right-angled corners onto the trapezoid-shape site and created a sloping, cross-shaped roof as well as a cross-shaped floor plan. Asari says, "The result is an architectural volume that morphs into a line, rather than presenting a 'face,' at the point where the structure comes closest to the landscaped walkway."