Plastic House II is a modern prefab house located in Torslanda, Sweden, designed in 2017 by Unit Arkitektur AB.

Description
West of Gothenburg lies Sweden?s fourth biggest island ? Hisingen. Traveling from the center of Gothenburg towards the western side of Hisingen, you first pass Volvos industrial production units before reaching the coast and the ferry terminal which connects Hisingen to the northern archipelago.
Just north of Hjulvik´s ferry terminal, a shift in the landscape occurs – from Hisingens plains (former seafloor) to Bohusläns coastal landscape with its ancient and sweeping outcrops of gneiss and granite. The last kilometer to the site winds and rises before finally you are rewarded with a great view back towards the ferry terminal. This area is called Hästevik. The clients for Plastic house II are the same as for our first built house ten years before ? Plastic house I. They have now bought this real estate, some kilometers from the old house, and wanted to complement the existing summer house with a new single-story house. The family has three kids.
Hästevik has, like many areas, been transformed from having mostly summer houses to becoming a permanent residential area. Building permits have been handed out liberally and small houses have been replaced with bigger ones. The effects on nature have been so considerable that almost no trace of the original coastal character is left. Basements have been sunken into the mountains, cre...