The house, from the beginning, was placed on a 5x5m  grid and this helped position and have flexibility during the creative process where one could reconfigure the relationship between volumes. The name 4.1.4 house derived from its massing consisting of one central house, four main volumes, one central plaza and four plazas or patios.

The project takes a starting point by placing the four components of the house on the site. The main house of approximately 155 sqm is lived from a central courtyard that acts as a distribution of the program such as kitchen living, dining, and main bedroom, as well as filters light to all the public areas. The suites (cubes) of just 25 sqm makes a playful shadow and depth of field and creates its own context by being placed around the central plaza, these rooms allocate a bedroom, a bath, dressing room, so they can operate independently forming the house and providing privacy.