This unique rocky Island on the Baltic Sea belongs to the family living in Helsinki.

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Architects: Pluspuu Oy

Location: Finland

Architect In Charge: Esa Liesmäki

Engineer: Mikko Kyläkoski

Area: 114.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Samuli Miettinen

Project Manager: Arto Saksa

Contractor: Jarkko Nikkilä

© Samuli Miettinen

From the architect. This unique rocky Island on the Baltic Sea belongs to the family living in Helsinki. The Island is 5,5 hectares and located in outer sea with huge sea views. The starting point to architectural planning was Pluspuu models Isokari and Luoto - villa and sauna. The houses were planned to different places on the island - distance about 900 m.
Site Plan

House models were modified according to family?s wishes and hopes and were fitted to the building sites rocky terrain and nature. The target was to plan houses like birds do their nests - they have to see everything from nest but no one has to see the nest.

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Both houses are in two parts under the same roof. In the main house the rooms for quests are separated with handy decked intermediate space. And in the sauna house the sauna and washroom are separated from dressing room.

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