The SVS house on Branch Lake is one of two prototypes being built on four lots. The design for the SVS house explored a “generative / generic” mode of design. Our understanding and interpretation of this mode of design is derived from previous research on Peter and Allison Smithson’s unrealized project of 1959 as well as a reinterpretation of some contemporary European practices.There was a demand from the program for flexibility and multiple performances. The house is intended to vary widely in its occupation and potential uses: From a single artist to a large family. The house in time will grow to the lower level as well. There was an additional demand to subscribe to a ‘total energy consumption’ standard, a $100/sf construction cost and local building techniques, namely the balloon frame. This conditional overlap afforded research into flexible designs and local technologies.