Dune House by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter
Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter have designed the Dune house in Thorpeness, Suffolk, England.
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The house is situated in Thorpeness on the Suffolk coast, and replaced an existing building at the site. The house will be a holiday house for rental.
To get a planning permission it was important to relate to the existing, typical, British seaside strip of houses. The roofscape, the bedroom floor, somehow plays with the formal presence of these buildings, and also brings into mind a romantic remembrance of holidays at bed-and-breakfasts while traveling through the UK.
The ground floor is contrasting this by its lack of relationship to the architecture of the top floor. The living area and the terraces are set into the dunes in order to protect it form the strong winds, and opens equally in all directions to allow for wide views. The corners can be opened by sliding doors; this will emphasize the floating appearance of the top floor.
While the materiality of the ground floor; concrete, glass, aluminum, relates to the masses of the ground, the upper floor is a construction made of solid wood, cladding stained dark as the existing gables and sheds found in the area.
Visit the Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter website – here.
Photography by Nils Petter Dale
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Petit-Maître on 17 Oct 2011 at 5:26 am #
A fantastic play with materials, surfaces and shapes. Very playful.
Polina on 17 Oct 2011 at 7:05 am #
A levitating house. Good job.
Rick Shaver, PleasantLivingHome on 17 Oct 2011 at 1:12 pm #
This house is the definition of marvelous. Or maybe genius. What ever it is spectacular.
Rick
Adam on 17 Oct 2011 at 9:58 pm #
Two of my favorite things about this house:
1. All of the strange angles contained within a square building, for some reason, strike me as a very clever way to create unique spaces in every room. I love that.
2. The lighting on the main floor is nothing short of incredible.
If the opportunity ever presents itself that I might be able to build my own house, I’ll have to keep this particular design in mind. Absolutely wonderful.
Dennis on 17 Oct 2011 at 11:31 pm #
very interesting, but that roof will leak, no doubt about it
David on 18 Oct 2011 at 5:46 am #
Interesting design, the floating effect is great!
Latedrop on 18 Oct 2011 at 9:41 pm #
Wonderful.
daniel on 22 Oct 2011 at 2:14 am #
The effort spent in creating these “interesting” shapes, pushed aside the effort to create a livable space. the rooms upstairs look like they are nothing but a result of that “interesting” roof shape.
amazing how today the first criteria to judge architecture is mostly driven by the aesthetics rather than the most important aspect – good planing, which in my opinion creates good architecture.
Gus on 27 Oct 2011 at 5:30 am #
Slightly disconcerting but weirdly beautiful.