HUUS was designed for a Swiss couple, one an eccentric electrical engineer and the other a German teacher, who have lived in Raleigh for thirty years. Their children are older and live far away. The program includes a ground level guest suite to accommodate long stays they and other distant family make on a regular basis. The house is located between much smaller houses. To mitigate this mismatch, the supporting program, including the garage, is buried. The ground level is an attenuated “T” shape to further reduce perceived scale. The upper level volume recedes from the street.