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House Husaro in Stockholm
Swedish Home ? design by Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
11 Jan 2018 + page updated 7 Nov 2016 with new photos ; 3 Nov 2014
House Husarö, Outer Stockholm Archipelago
House Husarö
Location: Stockholm archipielago,Sweden
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
The location is the outer Stockholm archipelago. Tall pines give the forested site an untouched character. The house is placed in a clearing with a high position in the landscape, on a plateau facing the sea in the north.

The property has been in the family for a long time with a couple of small complementary buildings, a boathouse and a guesthouse, that has been used for vacation stays. As the family grew with a new generation, the need for a larger house with more space followed. The light conditions, the sea view and the flat and smooth bedrock were some of the qualities that constituted the starting point for the house. A relatively low budget also influenced the design, resulting in the idea to use tectonic rationality to support a specific spatial structure.

The house, a pitched roof volume in two levels, is divided into an open social area at ground floor and a more private upper level, with bedrooms and a playroom. Within the square plan, a freestanding box holding kitchen, bathroom and the stair, organizes the ground floor into a sequence of interconnected spaces. Large sliding windows op...