Villa Vuoto is Matthew Schlueb's concept for designing an environment for his young son, Oskar. The home is a hybrid of eastern philosophy, Italian heritage and the family's ties to Pittsburgh. These three factors, in theory, will contribute to Oskar's spatial cognitive development "outside the box."
"The goal was to create a house that would stimulate my son's whole development process in his younger formative years," Schlueb, president of Schlueb Architecture, says. "I feel architecture has that potential on younger kids or people, in their formative years. If they're exposed to the right types of stimuli, it can actually enhance their development or cognitive skills."