Dune House by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter

A home is located in Thorpeness around the Suffolk coast, and changed a current building to begin. The home is a holiday house to rent.

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To obtain a planning permission it was vital to connect with the present, typical, British seaside strip of houses. The roofscape, the bed room floor, in some way plays using the formal presence of those structures, as well as brings into mind an intimate remembrance of holidays at mattress-and-breakfasts on a trip with the United kingdom.

The floor floor is contrasting this by its insufficient relationship towards the architecture from the top floor. The living space and also the balconies are positioned in to the dunes to be able to safeguard it make up the strong winds, and opens equally in most directions to permit wide sights. The corners could be opened up by sliding doorways this can stress the floating appearance from the top floor.

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As the materiality from the first floor concrete, glass, aluminum, pertains to the public from the ground, top of the floor is really a construction made from wood, cladding stained dark because the existing gables and sheds based in the area.



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