Fri. Mar 14th, 2025
Woodland Marvel: A House of Douglas Fir in a Forest in Denmark
Woodland Marvel: A House of Douglas Fir in a Forest in Denmark

Not quite a bit can stop me mid-scroll these days, but it surely absolutely was love at first sight—and okay, maybe a contact of house envy—after I observed this trim wooden house on Instagram. The work of Copenhagen-based Peter Kjær Arkitekter, the House Between the Bushes is a celebration of Scandinavian picket and clear, gentle cures. Appears, it’s moreover an earth-minded development designed to attenuate the need for concrete. Be a part of us for a search around:

 

Footage by James Silverman, courtesy of Peter Kjær Arkitekter.

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Above: Situated in a clearing, the single-story summer season season house is T-shaped “with an archetypal roof type,” the architects observe, “which hides many specific particulars.”

Invisible nevertheless impactful: the development beneath that makes use of minimal concrete. “Foundations and ground cowl generally make up 50 % of the native climate footprint over 50 years on one-story wooden properties, and now we have now quite a few consider minimizing this,” the architects write. Developing on stilts, fairly than a robust concrete foundation, is normally a workaround, nevertheless “notably in trip home areas, peak restrictions may make it troublesome to assemble on stilts,” they observe. In its place, “the House Between the Bushes is predicated straight on the underside nevertheless with a minimized use of concrete: the muse is screwed piles with an edge casting of concrete with wooden formwork. The extent of concrete is because of this reality a fraction of a standard foundation.” It’s a not-s0-small ingredient achieved collaboration with contractor MBA Byg and structural engineers Regnestuen (now, sadly, closed).

 

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Above: Inside, the interiors are spare nevertheless warmth, a combination of glass house home windows (achieved by KPK Vinduer) and picket. Window frames and completely different particulars are achieved in Douglas fir, the partitions in a thin veneer, “which supplies a extremely sturdy ground that patinas fantastically.” Observe moreover the wrap-around sofa and bookshelves.

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