The plan has the dining room as the nucleus of activity, with all other functions interlinked diagonally across it. A cohesive, volumetric relationship of spaces is achieved through variation in floor and roof slab levels and by appropriating spaces above lintels into the internal volume of rooms. The quality of light, an important design element, is achieved by controlled openings which mute the glare without sacrificing ventilation. Block cavity walls are used above lintels on the east and west sides.