Marc Gerritsen's skeletal Naked House exposes its insides to the seafront

This can be or is the most beautiful designed house, for a holiday house. In my opinion I would live there all year round and have peace and prosperity everyday i open my eyes.Architect and photographer Marc Gerritsen designed this house for himself on a Thai island, with a skeleton-like structure that frames sea views all around. Settled into a hillside a midst the nature reserve of Koh Samui, the Naked house gives Marc Gerritsen an escape from his busy city life, which sees him travel frequently between Taiwan and other Asian countries. As he says "life in Taipei is very hectic, and I needed a place to escape. I really wanted a quite area and a fantastic view", "the house was a return to the basic values in life: good clean air, wide open space, quiet solitude".

The five- story house is formed of a series of levels that cascade down the hillside, protruding like the tiers of a staircase.He chose a very basic materials to emphasis the location and view. The base of the house is concrete, while a galvanized steel frame rests on top contain the two upper floors. An open plan living space occupies the ground floor, fronted by wooden- framed windows that slide back to overhang the facade.These windows open the space out to a large terrace with wooden decking, a tiled swimming pool and concrete plant boxes.

The living space contains a simple kitchen with low-level cupboards on one side, a seating area on the other, and a dining area sandwiched in between. There is also a patio shaded by the flat steel roof canopy. The exterior concrete staircase leads up to a master bedroom, which perches at the top of the house. An exposed  room with a swinging sofa occupies the space below the deck, along with a steam room and another staircase wrapping around the house. The next floor down contains two symmetrical bedrooms, where large sliding wooden doors reveal huge bowl like baths while the final floor houses an office and maids room.

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