Söderöra – Summer House in the Stockholm archipelago. The roof and facades are wrapped in black roofing felt, whilst patio spaces and interior surfaces are made of sawn wood panelling.

Interior showing the open living room with views in four directions, and roof light placed in the ridge.

The house is designed with a central open living space, and two bedrooms, a bathroom and a storage room placed in each of its four corners. Glazed niches create a connection with the exterior, and two recesssed windows form covered outdoor terraces which function as an entrance porch and dining room.

The house is planned around a completely enclosed atrium courtyard in an open, undisturbed  landscape where sheep graze.

The house is narrow, but its openings outward are broad, which gives the interior the character of a sheltering niche in the open space of the landscape.

Model study. With a thin plan and large openings, the interior is treated as one continuous space.

Floors in three levels relate to the slightly undulating land outside and differentiate the interior ceiling heights.

A light-weight building in glass and wood, a summerhouse in the Stockholm archipelago.

The layout of the plan is generated by the specifics of the site.  The house is placed on the flat surface between two mountain rocks, and turns simultaneously towards the sun in the South and frontally towards the sea in the West.

Movement, ambiguous spaces and light. With the small rooms located in the back, the rest of the house stands out as an open platform criss-crossed by panes of sliding glass. The zig-zag layout also offers several outside spaces sheltered from strong winds.

An outline towards the horizon. The horizontal character of the black stained exterior relates to the verticals of tall grown pines.

A continuous dissolution of space in three steps.  The house is organised in layers, the big rooms expand with an open relationship to the wooden deck. A horizontal wooden trellis diffuses daylight and enhances the character of one continuous space, where the distinction of interior/exterior becomes subordinated.

For the interior, the starting point has been the direct relationship to the dramatic archipelago landscape, with the objective to offer within a simple frame – a platform – several diverse readings of the relation between space and nature.

A multiplicity of readings. As a result of the large glass panes and the prevailing conditions of light, reflections and mirror-like effects,  a quality is created where nature, space and horizon all interact together.