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Two-in-One House in Ekeberglia near Oslo
Residential Building in Høvik, Norway ? design by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
24 Apr 2018
Two-in-One House
Architects: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Location: Ekeberglia, Høvik, Norway
Two-in-One House

The Two-in-One House is a calm piece of architecture resting on the steep and dynamic landscape of Ekeberglia. Its slender and rectangular form is manifested at the top of the sloping landscape. From a concrete base, the building grows with a wooden clad body forming relation with the omnipresence of broadleaf trees surrounding the building topped with a light glass structure.
With one foot in nature

In the hills of Høvik municipality, the site features a very steep and rocky slope to the West, and a naturally low vegetation that stretches to the South. Though the project lies close to Ekeberglia, it visually distances itself from the small town with the ascending slope shielding the site.

Humble in form simple in detail

The project was early on given a simple rectangular form, to appear as a calming entity in a vivid landscape. Only the changing program of the building is manifesting itself in the simple and straightforward façade. While the structure base is cast in concrete and serves as the medium between landscape and the wooden building, the body, which houses the main floors, grows from this base in untreat...