OFFICE 316

Two horizontal slabs are held up by a grid of 25 columns, leaving the natural terrain below the house free. That is the simple scheme of this holiday house, which sits on a wooded slope overlooking a Swedish lake. The house is approached from the road above, making the roof a prominent fifth facade. Clad in aluminium sheets, the roof softly reflects the surroundings, allowing the house to dissolve into the landscape. On top of the roof are three elements: a chimney and two aluminium folding screens – one filters the direct sunlight above the skylight while the other gives privacy to the roof terrace. A single straight outdoor stair connects the roof deck to the interior of the house and the terrain below. Inside, four glazed boxes (three bedrooms with toilets and a winter garden) are meticulously inserted into the landscape of columns, creating private spaces as well as a loosely organised open field with freestanding objects such as a kitchen, fireplace or storage. The entire house is made as a dry system of cross-laminated timber structure, with slabs and columns left untreated to age naturally and blend with the surroundings.