This small villa, with a net floor
area of only 49sqm (530sqft), was built as a reaction to the current trend in Norway of building
ever-larger houses and summerhouses. The architect strongly feels that many of these oversized dwellings fail
to offer much in terms of architectural quality. They are large, awkward, and ruin the surrounding
landscape, and represent a highly consumptive lifestyle. The idea in this case was to make a
small house that, due to conscious design and a carefully thought out compactness, could offer many
different indoor and outdoor spaces, both exposed and sheltered, within a small area. The resulting
house not only feels larger than it really is (the interior is essentially one long room), but actually offers a
better quality of life and more diversity of use than many much larger houses. The house floats over
the ground, respectful of nature, framing views of the countryside. There is a solid brick element within
the long interior room, and a large fireplace and wood-burning stove with a unique heating capacity
that provides heat while consuming very little wood. The house is built around the idea of
facilitating certain rituals that contribute to a simpler and happier lifestyle, in a variety of different
times of year. Summer rituals could include finding a pleasant space outdoors under the roof and bringing
out a mattress, some pillows and a newspaper, opening all of the windows in the row by the kitchen
and enjoying a cup of coffee, sleeping outdoors in a sheltered space. Colder weather activities
include lighting the large fireplace and staying by it all evening, talking with family and friends, or reading a
good book by the wide window, watching the rain fall outside. And some activities are season-less:
sitting on the wall on a fine day feeling the sunshine, or cutting vegetables to prepare a meal for loved
ones, crying over the onions... In short, this house presents a lifestyle that does not depend on
power-consuming devices to entertain residents with nonsense. Instead it focuses on slower and more
timeless rituals that provide life with pleasure and meaning. The house can be reached from
Trondheim by crossing the Trondheimfjord with a car ferry. From the north side dock, it is only a few
minutes drive to the southwest facing site, to a home away from home that deals with beauty, a slower pace and the meaning
found in basic rituals.
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verdens minste store villa
sove ute under tak varmt bad ute med snø i håret
ligge på en plattform i solen fyre opp i grua
lage mat inne lage mat ute (samme sted)
lese ute under tak: regn, regn, regn, regn sitte i veggen
sen middag i kveldssol siesta på takterrassen ligge i veggen
sitte mange, mange på dekkskanten
kjernen holder på varmen
den står inne i rommet
architectural poems f. lund
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