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On a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago, this small house was designed in response to the specific conditions for construction that no car access for transports result in. The house was therefore conceived as a lightweight structure of wood and glass, with all materials transported by boat from the mainland. Centered around an top-lit central room open to all four cardinal directions, this modest summer house emerges, in spite of its compact scale, as an asymmetrical reinterpretation of the grandeur of Palladian symmetry.
Around a central open space, four small rooms for sleeping, storage, and bath are placed, one in each corner. Light enters through a skylight and large glazed niches that underscore the atelier-like character of the central space, as it opens up towards the sky and its green surroundings in a 360° panorama.
In two of the niches, the sliding glass doors are positioned on the inner side to create sheltered spaces for the entrance terrace and a dedicated area for outdoor dining.
The roof and façades are finished with the same black bitumen slate, a standard roofing product. Both interior and exterior spaces are finished with natural and light-grey painted sawn wooden panels.
