Tent like Awning around home for sun protection

This House in Santiago de Chile maximizes space through a large vestibule that surrounds it.  The small-scale home increases the relationship with the outdoors through layers of house, shelves, shell and tenting. It's a high style low tech way to  “energy screen,” which yields diffused lighting and a regulated interior climate zone. 


This could be a great technique to increase the liveability space for a container home. Great idea.