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Norwegian Wood - Villa Extension Kit
Building kit for wooden house extension and rehab. Sketch project
Last changed: 15.11.2008
Project description
The
wooden town in Stavanger is an urban area basically consisting of larger wooden
villas roughly 100 years old. The villas are often divided horizontally into
two home units with a rather low standard compared to newer homes. Present
house owners are mostly young and very often families with children.
The neighborhoods consisting of these wooden villas are centrally located in Stavanger
and attractive to live in. House owners therefore tend to extend their homes
rather than to moving to a larger home in another area. Many of these
extensions are carried out in a badly planned and often poor way, and do not
seek to enrich the architectural quality of the area.
The idea behind this project is to develop a module system that can be adjusted
to meet the most common needs of these neighborhoods. The system is general and
seeks to improve the quality of building, living and last but not least the
urban environment.
The objective here is to develop a kit that can compliment the existing urban
structure, and the project aims on the typical self builders’ house from the
early 1900s that dominates the neighborhood of Storhaug and Våland. The
initiative is funded by Innovation Norway, a state owned company that promotes
innovation and development.
Environmental issues
Energy
Area Efficiency
The
prototypes are developed as expansion
concepts in dialog with the existing
house with an entry point from local building tradition. The architecture shall
be sustainable regarding resource and material consumption and has a good
energy performance.
The prototypes can act as extensions or as small solitary building as
teahouses, cabins or dwellings as well as building extensions.
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