Cabin ANNA: Living Closer to Nature

Using adjustable frames and shells, Cabin ANNA provides different views and setups. Courtesy of Cabin ANNA

Architects commonly find inspiration for their buildings by visiting cities, viewing artworks, and learning from their predecessors and contemporaries. But Dutch designer Caspar Schols, who designed the award-winning Cabin ANNA—a fully inhabitable house, sold as a flat-pack that can be built and rebuilt anywhere—was inspired by nature.

Schols says that one of his goals in designing Cabin ANNA was to “create a dynamic connection between man, nature, and home.” Cabin ANNA features sliding walls—removing the barriers that have traditionally separated the home and its occupants from nature.

Sleeping Under the Naked Sky

Although it’s not always easy to identify a single experience that leads to a personal breakthrough, Schols has traced his idea to a cherished childhood memory.