Architects: Høyer Arkitektur     Photography: Hampus Berndtson     Construction Period:  2020-2022     Location:  Vollerup Strand, Denmark

The summer house is on the Northwest coast of Zealand in an area with forest and fields. It’s an hour and a half drive, north of Copenhagen.

Contrasting with the windswept coast is the space under the vertical old birch and pine trees. It is intended to enhance the sense of tranquility, residing here, with a house that is therefore horizontal and elongated and which complement the sculptural tree trunks in the background. The elongated building shields the view of the nearby cottages and frames a clearing in the forest. This is achieved with a north facade, facing the public areas, that is more closed and a south facade that opens up to the trees with large glass sections that capture the filtered forest light. All activity in the house takes place along the facade, so you experience that inside and outside merge and become part of the forest fauna and flora.

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