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Project • By NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte • Housing
Triangle towards the garden
In the early 2000s, a modest red-brick farmhouse house was converted into an L-shaped home. Due to this shape, there was a limited relationship between the outside and specifically the garden. For this reason, the focus of this extension was the relationship of the garden to the indoor spaces.
Johnny Umans
Therefore, a triangular addition was built that has the garden as its focal point and creates an outdoor area perpendicular to the street. This extension minimizes the visibility of any intervention from the street elevation. The layout follows the structure of the existing home by extending its logic into an open space that can be arranged as desired. This space extends into the garden and is structured by closed volumes with suppo... More
Project • By Oslotre • Housing
Y Cabin
Y cabin is located in the Vikerfjell mountain range in Ringerike, Norway. Extending slightly out over a small crag, it peeks out between the pine trees and gazes upon a northern forest landscape. The building volume branches out in three directions from a central pivot point, where six differently angled cross laminated timber slats meet. This creates a complex roof geometry which allows for an open and flexible space, eliminating the need for beams and columns.
Nadia Norskott
Kyrre Sundal
The plan is zoned into the three branches. One of which contains the bedrooms, clad in ocher-colored valchromat, while the two remaining branches are split between the dining room and a living room / kitchen space. The fireplace, centered where... More