Thinking Cube

A suspended retreat for a polymath, maverick, and maker. Floating above wild ferns, it dissolves the boundary between comfort and nature—an immersive space for stillness and thought.

On approach, a hovering walkway leads mysteriously through parted walls, its form both precise and elemental. A single cantilevered sliding screen glides away, suspended in space, dissolving the threshold between inside and out. A deck, proportioned to the golden ratio, echoes the forest’s fractal geometry. A secluded plunge pool offers an opportunity for forest bathing in the most literal sense.

The Thinking Cube is both a mathematical object and a meditation on presence, where architecture and landscape stand in quiet dialogue, shaping space for deep connection, a space to be yourself.

 
Thinking Cube by Hyde + Hyde Architects – timber retreat hovering above wild ferns, open to the forest
Approach to Thinking Cube via narrow blackened timber walkway, flanked by forest and ferns.
Side elevation of Thinking Cube with concrete plunge pool and timber screen, surrounded by woodland.
Interior of Thinking Cube with writing desk, wood-burning stove and bed in black-stained plywood.
Writing desk facing panoramic forest view inside Thinking Cube, with floor-to-ceiling glazing by Hyde + Hyde Architects.
lato’s Complete Works resting on a side table inside the Thinking Cube.
Charcoal sketch by Kristian Hyde, of Thinking Cube concept showing symmetry, geometry, and natural alignment.