Villa Remshagen

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

VILLA REMSHAGEN 

Smedshammar+holmberg Ab

ARCHITECTS
smedshammar+Holmberg AB - Anders Holmberg, Carl-Johan Smedshammar

PHOTOGRAPHS
Åke E:son Lindman, Anders Holmberg

AREA
115.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Brottby, Sweden

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Villa Remshagen is located behind a stone slab and on top of a hill with massive oaks and meadows sloping down to the lake.

Villa Remshagen
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

When you come to the site a dark facade appears which is relatively closed with a minimum of windows.

The main entrance is situated beneath the protective carport roof.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

The glazed entrance door leads into the hall which separates the house's private and social areas.

Through the terrace door you see straight through the house down to the sauna and the water.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen

A specially designed wall of walnut is built at the house’s rear wall, containing everything from the kitchen to bookshelves.

In contrast to the walnut there is a white pigmented wooden floor and white ceiling panels.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

Even the dining table is custom designed and reflects the house's sense of material with a dark walnut surface outside and white details on the inside.

In order to interact with the beautiful surroundings the house is made quite low and is given a dark gray exterior with white painted interior walls.

In the south east elevation the terrace and roof are protruding towards the lake.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

The roof is angled towards the sky while the bottom of the house angles down along the ground towards the lake.

The roofed terrace overlooks the water and the forest in the west while also having the best position for the evening sun. The warm “sun corner” in concrete has a floor with a pond mirror and walls with openings that frame the nature and scenery.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg

The materials and their true feeling has been the focus throughout the project, where the materials have been carefully chosen to fit in with the feeling that the oak covered hillside with its dramatic and unspoiled environment conveys.

Different materials and finishes have been used on the house's various surfaces, where the contrasts in both color and wood create a vivid house.

Down by the lake there is a combined guest house and sauna in the same form as the main house.

Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg
Villa Remshagen
© Anders Holmberg


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