Archipelago House - Tham & Videgård Hansson

The starting point is the direct relation to the dramatic archipelago landscape with the objective to offer within a simple frame - a platform - several diverse readings of the relation space-nature.

Conceived as a light weight construction in wood and glass, this summerhouse is built in the outer Stockholm archipelago. The horizontal character of the black stained exterior relates to the verticals of tall grown pines and the mirrored views of the Baltic Sea.

The geometry of the plan is generated by the specifics of the site, the house being fitted into the flat surface between two mountain rocks and turning simultaneously towards the sun in south and frontally towards the sea in west. With the small rooms placed in the back, the social areas of the house stand out as an open platform crisscrossed by sliding glass. The zig-zagged layout also creates a series of outside places sheltered from the strong winds.

Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter

Location: Stockholm archipelago, Sweden

Architects in charge: Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård Hansson

Site Area: 3,250 sqm

Constructed Area: 130 sqm + existing

Project year: 2003-2006

Client: PrivatePhotographs: Åke E:son Lindman

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Villa V - 3+1 Architects

Square-shaped folded landscape of the house is cut into the existing landscape, creating more privacy for family’s common space. At the same time the space is totally open - one may see different sides of the lot.

So the villa do not create an interruption into the existing landscape but forms one part of it. The different surface qualities of the folded landscape are like in-between spaces separating the two levels of the villa and existing pine forest, creating new material and visual connections.

In the first floor behind the wooden facade there are private spaces - bedrooms, wardrobe, cabinet, bathrooms. Two functionally independent apartments - one for children, one for parents - are formed from these rooms. The vertical and horizontal surfaces of the villa are of cast concrete, glass or bright wood, but the different material surfaces are choreographed so that they move freely from the wall to the floor, from the exterior to the interior. The main materials of the villa are intertwined with one another, changing places as exterior and interior surfaces.

Architects: 3+1 Architects

Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Architects in charge: Markus Kaasik, Andres Ojari & Ilmar Valdur

Construction Year: 2001

Constructed area: 354 sqm

Photographs: 3+1 Architects

Double house - Tham & Videgård Hansson

A house organized as a spiralling sequence of four large rooms in four levels. These big spaces without a fixed hierarchy let this house invite the inhabitants to organise their lives following their own preferences.

The building envelope was defined by the full width, the maximum area and height fitting into the building regulations. More or less mirrored in plan, the two units contain small adjustments in relation to the differences in orientation, light and views. As a result of the existing topography spatial variations were developed; starting with the four meter ceiling height of the entrance level, the vertical passage up to the horizontally extended spaces opening up towards the surrounding greenery. The upper large room constitutes the link to the roof terrace - the biggest social area in the house.

Construction is in situ cast concrete. Facades are rendered in plaster coloured dark greyish blue. Protruding window boxes made of oak add a 3-dimensional quality to the facade, thus enhancing the depth and massive character of the interior. All glass panes are fixed, with wooden side vents and doors.

Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter

Location: Danderyd, Sweden

Architects in charge: Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård Hansson

Site Area: 1,006 sqm

Constructed Area: 360 sqm + roof terrace

Project year: 2004-2005

Client: Private

Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman