Etno Hut

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

ETNO HUT

Utopium

ARCHITECTS
Utopium

LOCATION
Pakalniškės, Lithuania

CATEGORY
Small Scale

PROJECT YEAR
2018

MANUFACTURERS
Cedral, Gustavsberg, Nardi

PHOTOGRAPHS
Leonas Garbacauskas

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Ema Butrimaviciute

AREA
14 m²

CONTRACTORS
Sluoksnis, Trustus

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

Text description provided by architect.

Tucked in an old sleepy woods Etno Hut is the tiniest shelter for your romantic getaway, creative studio, yoga retreat camp or anything you can think of doing surrounded by breathtaking Lithuanian nature.

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

It started as a personal architectural project.

The primary idea was to design a house that would be as small as possible and at the same time, it could meet all the basic needs of two people. And maybe a dog.

The site is located between two major Lithuanian cities.

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

It's far enough to feel disconnected from everyday city hustle but close enough not to spend the whole day getting here.

The house hangs on a slope and northern side of the volume is nestled into the dense forest, while the main window on the south provides warmth and picturesque scenery.

The hut was built with minimum impact to the site.Steel foundation was screwed to the ground by hand, the whole structure was made of SIP boards and assembled in 3 days.

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

Area under the main volume was partly covered to hide all cables and pipes.The rest of it is used for a storage.

14 sq.m. hut contains a fully equipped kitchenette, king size bed (with 1 extra pull out bed) and a bathroom with spacious shower cabin.

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas

The most important achievement - there is no transformable furniture, no ladder stairs, nothing that makes tiny houses complicated and uncomfortable to use.

Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas


Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas
Etno Hut
© Leonas Garbacauskas


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