Sheltered in a pine forest, the sandy white beach its nearest neighbor, lies Sommarhus Sandby. The surrounding forest emanates calm, and also offers protection against the winds of the Scanian fields that stretch into the distance, as well as the summer sun’s hot rays.
The sea is always present. It provides the environment an ever-changing musical score, and with the wide, white, sandy beach, offers a place for relaxation and recreation, as well as physical activity.
The house and its garden are designed for a family with two adults and two children, especially as a place for spending summers. The living space is 167 m2, divided between two levels. On the upper level are two children’s rooms that can easily be converted to three, as well as one common room and a bathroom. All of the rooms on the upper story have skylights.
The master bedroom and bathroom are on the ground floor, as is a generous eat-in kitchen and a living room with full ceiling height, which can be opened up to the wooden deck and garden with the help of large sliding doors.
The façades of the house are clad with a standing panel with a customised profile, and they, like the wooden deck and pergola, are constructed in Siberian larch that has been treated with a silicon-based sealant. The roof is clad with an overlapping panel, likewise in Siberian larch with silicon-based sealant.
In character, the house is in dialogue with traditionally constructed rural houses. With its wood-clad façades and roof, its materiality is more closely related to the barns of the past than to the conventional Scanian farmhouses. In its design and detailing however, the house is unmistakably contemporary and modern.