Singel storey house with plastic facade and a view.
New construction of single-family house in Hästevik just outside Gothenburg.
Pictures of ongoing construction.
Estimated completion in autumn, 2016.
Two things were fundamental during the design process of Plastic house II. First to maximize the fantastic view and second to minimize the impact on nature.
We could basically remove the house and the only thing left would be the 19 holes drilled in the mountain for the pillars. To reduce the footprint further, instead of placing them below grade, the drains have been placed above ground and covered with a layer of earth.
We strove to keep the design simple and at the same time retain a luxurious feel as in the Case Study Houses built in the early fifties in California. A kind of glamour camping. A simplicity and comprehensibility in the built structure but with generous living qualities. At the same time, we tried to build in dissonances both in the material palette and the actual geometric composition, to avoid too much of a classic modernism.
Client: Anna and Markus.
Size: 200 sqm.
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