The kabang is the house-boat of the Moken, the sea nomads of the Andaman. One takian log is hollowed and expanded into a base, three sewn-and-pegged strakes are added per side, and a house of pandanus leaves becomes the walls and the roof. Four months of work, no plans, no named workshop.

Nothing on it is painted or varnished. The whole object is salt-darkened hardwood, and the only light in it comes from split rattan lashing and pandanus straw. This system copies that discipline exactly: a dark hull ground, one warm light, and long low horizontals broken open at both ends.