House Karlsson By Tham & Videgård Hansson in Tidö-Lindö, Västerås, Sweden

House Karlsson By Tham & Videgård Hansson

House Karlsson exterior facade

House Karlsson exterior glass windows

House Karlsson exterior roof

House Karlsson interior ceiling

House Karlsson interior skylight

The starting point has been the construction of simple buildings and architecture in the Swedish countryside barns and warehouses, some traces can still be seen in homes sprawl-type Tidö Lindo. Clients, couples sixties, wanted his own house, including space to accommodate visiting children and friends. In contrast to the dark red exterior, interior space is very light. It is characterized by three holes of the risen light through the attic to let the sun go well from the top. Two are located on the short wall of an open living room, a sign of the three positions in the south gable ladder. Prismatic exterior is clad with over size wood panels made from heartwood pine grows slowly and is treated with red tar, way of reinterpreting the wooden roof of the techniques that have been used for centuries in Scandinavia, especially in the north and the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Smoking puts the window in two sizes pressing through the roof and facade. Fixed Brise-de-soleil window interior lights complement the varied and patterns of shadow and light from outside. All exterior fittings and details are painted with the same color as the facade. Combining the rooms in the suite with the transverse motion a plan to offer some alternatives in the home. Windows are placed to further increase the difference in interior space with views of alternative low drive towards the park, far into the lake and the horizon, or high in the trees and sky above.

Tham & Videgård Hansson