树间的房子丨丹麦丨Peter Kjær Arkitekter

Architects:Peter Kjær Arkitekter

Area:167m²

Year:2022

Photographs:James Silverman

Manufacturers:KPK Vinduer,Wood fiber Insulation,Woodfiber interior panels,Woodfiber windprotection panels

Lead Architect:Peter Kjær

Construction:Regnestuen

Design Team:Rasmus List Thomsen, Ida Langkilde Vammen

Country:Denmark

Text description provided by the architects. The house between the trees is a discreet T-shaped summer house with an archetypal roof shape, which hides many special details. The house is built in a breathable wooden construction with a special foundation and terrain deck that minimizes the use of concrete. The house is adapted to the lot's many trees and has a bedroom wing that screens the road, a family room to the west, and the kitchen at the meeting point between the two wings. From the kitchen and family room, there is access to two terraces, which capture the morning, midday, and evening sun. The kitchen forms a staircase to a loft that lets in the morning light from the east.

Foundations and ground cover typically make up 50% of the climate footprint over 50 years on 1-storey wooden houses, and we have a lot of focus on minimizing this. Especially in holiday home areas, height restrictions can make it difficult to build on stilts, which can otherwise make it possible to make terrain decks in biogenic materials.

The house between the trees is founded directly on the ground but with a minimized use of concrete: the foundation is screwed piles with an edge casting of concrete with wooden formwork. The extent of concrete is therefore a fraction of a traditional foundation, and at the same time, we utilize the material's robustness and aesthetic potential in the visible plinth beam. The terrain deck is made without the use of concrete, as a floating floor with floor chipboards and Douglas firboards directly on pressure-resistant insulation.

Frames, tap bands, and other internal detailing are made of Douglas-fir, and all walls are covered with a thin east veneer, which gives a very robust surface that patinas beautifully. All interior wooden surfaces are soap-treated. Both the roof and facades are made breathable with vapor retarders and wind barriers made of wood fiber and with blown-in wood fiber insulation. The facade is covered with linseed oiled spruce and the roof is spruce boards with roofing felt.

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