Located among the rocky landscapes and pine forests of Hee on Sweden’s West Coast sits a 650-square-foot wood house with an aluminum roof and cantilevered canopy. The house is the work of architects Mikael and Fanny Ellsinger, the husband-and-wife team behind Ellsinger, a small studio based in Gothenburg. The clients—an architectural photographer and a design writer—had previously covered another Ellsinger project and were looking for something similar for a summerhouse for their young family. Well-versed in architectue, the clients were, as Mikael explains, “willing to sometimes try more unconventional solutions.” Join us for a tour.
Photography courtesy of Ellsinger.
Above: The harsh climate of the coastal surroundings influenced the design and material choices: entirely constructed in local timber with untreated aluminum.
Above: A uniquely-designed front door, complete with four small porthole windows.
Above: The one wall style kitchen was made by Nadén Studio. The refrigerator and freezer are from Liebherr and the cooktop and oven are from Smeg. The dining table is the 001 Dining Table by Vaarnii and the chairs are the Orchestra Chairs in Sky Blue designed by Sven Markelius for NO GA Studio.
Above: The built in sofa upholstery is Nevotex and the two stools out in front are 001 Stool by Vaarnii.
Above: Perforated window units were custom made by Steninge Snickeri and designed to bring air into the loft while keeping the sun out—and to “add a bit of poetry thorough the play of sun that it brings,” the architects explain.
Above: A large bookshelf serves as a room divider between the main kitchen-living area and the bathrooms (left door) and bedroom (right door). The wood burning furnace is the Hwam Classic 4 model.
Above: A view into the cabin’s one bedroom, complete with bright blue bedding and a portable FLOS Bellhop Lamp. The floor tiles are from Buchtal.
Above: A ladder leads up to the lofted area of the house which spans about half the square footage as the lower floor.
Above: The loft is designed as a pared-back work space with a curtain.
Above: The bathroom is designed with square tile, a long rectangular vanity mirror, and laundry.
Above: Oriented in a north-south direction, the house is open toward the forest and meadows.
Above: A detail of the façade and window frame.
Above: A view of the cantilevered canopy in aluminum.
Above: The roof is one of the few perceptible elements at a certain distance.
Above: Ellsinger’s exterior plan.
Above: The downstairs blueprint.
Above: And a view of the loft space above.
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