The Tatami house uses many sustainable practices such as geothermal, stack effect ventilation, recycled sidewalk pavers, solar, prefabricated SIPS panels, and a unique heat recycling system based around the two wood burning heating stoves. The board form concrete boards were re-used in the eaves and all of the timber features came from an old shipping warehouse.
The ceiling and concrete patterns are "genetic ladders" pulled from the owners family genetic thumbprint.