Private house in Garðabær

The scheme shows a house on three platforms, utilizing and connecting outdoor areas with inside spaces. The 395m² house is made to look as it is hovering above the ground and has the structure tucked well underneath the large verandas. The master suite is fully cantilevered over a carport.

The choice of materials is meant to reflect the Icelandic heritage, based on the usage of „stuðlaberg“ stone cladding, greying larch and the turf roof, but infused with more modern claddings, such as zinc and white painted concrete. The communal spaces flow easily and are filled with the same materials as the exterior of the house. The central form of „the rock“ is clad, both outside and inside, with „stuðlaberg“, the indigenous Icelandic “fractal” stone and has a full ceiling glass opening, giving the feeling of walking through a rift in the built “landscape” of the house.

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