Villa Remshagen by Smedshammar & Holmberg AB

La Villa Remshagen located behind a stone slab on top of a hill full of oaks and meadows sloping down towards the lake. When you reach the ground, a dark facade that relatively closed with minimal windows. The main entrance located below the garage ceiling. The glass door of the entrance leads into the hall that separates the private and social areas.

Through the door of the balcony you can look straight through the house to the sauna and water. A special designed walnut wall built at the rear of the house, containing everything from the kitchen into a library. In contrast to the walnut tree, there is a wooden floor and white walls in the sky. Even the dining table is exclusive and reflects the sense of home, of a material with a dark walnut surface outside and white on the inside details. Looking to interact with the surrounding area, the house is made very low and was given a dark gray exterior with interior walls white painted.

In the south elevation, roof terrace and are flying into the lake. The roof tilted to the sky while the bottom of the house slopes downward along the ground toward the lake. The terrace / roof has water views and the forest in the west and also has the best position for the afternoon sun. The warm “corner site” made of concrete with a floor with a pool and walls with openings that frame the nature and landscape.

Materials and their true feelings have been the focus throughout the project, where the materials carefully chosen to match the feeling that the oak covered hillside with its dramatic and unspoiled environment converge. Different materials and finishes have been used in different areas of the house, where contrasts in both color and wood create a lively home. Around the lake there is a guest house and sauna combined in the same way as the main house.