This project for a summer retreat is an addition to, and rehabilitation of an old ?Nordlandshus? (traditional northern Norwegian house) on a remote site in the coastal island area of Lofoten. The original idea was to encapsulate the old and worn-down timber core within a new climatic shell, leaving the old house standing freely and structurally unstressed inside, with the traditional timber constructions exposed. The added construction followed its own grid module, which ? apart from a number of technical advantages ? gave an interesting ?syncopation? of window openings between the old and new structures.

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Architects: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk

Location: Andopen, Flakstad, Norway
Team: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, Anette Bringsverd, Elisabeth Øymo, Halvard Amble, Hilde Rostadmo

Area: 25.0 m2

Photographs: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk

Client: Private

© Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk

This project for a summer retreat is an addition to, and rehabilitation of an old ?Nordlandshus? (traditional northern Norwegian house) on a remote site in the coastal island area of Lofoten. The original idea was to encapsulate the old and worn-down timber core within a new climatic shell, leaving the old house standing freely and structurally unstressed inside, with the traditional timber constructions exposed. The add...