Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

HOLIDAY HOME IN ÞINGVALLAVATN

Krads

ARCHITECTS
Krads

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Kristján Eggertsson, Kristján Örn Kjartansson

MANUFACTURERS
Russwood, Velfac, Bizazza, Culina, Kvadrat, Purnatur

ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL AND HVAC
Emil Þór Guðmundsson

INTERIOR CARPENTRY
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson, Jón Árni Þórisson & Christian Danielsen

ENTREPRENEUR
Smíðandi ehf / Gestur Þráinsson

3D MODELLING
Guðni Valberg

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marino Thorlacius

AREA
170 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Selfoss, Iceland

CATEGORY
Landscape Architecture, Houses

The holiday home is carefully placed on a densely overgrown hill that is sloping north in the direction of the great Lake Þingvallavatn in southwestern Iceland.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

On multiple levels, the otherworldly landscape has modeled the form of the building.

In dialogue with the terrain, the concrete foundation of the wooden house lies in three staggered planes that follow the movement of the landscape.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

In a similar manner, the roof surface, overgrown with local grass and moss, slopes partly towards and partly with the hill.

The location of the house has been chosen with great care to integrate the building into the surroundings while framing specially selected views of the landscape.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

Towards North, the house rises above the low scrub to give an unobstructed view over Þingvallavatn and the mountain Skjaldbreið from the main room of the house.

In the opposite direction, the main room opens onto a south-west-facing terrace that is closely surrounded by trees.

From here, the mountains Jórutindur and Hátindur can be seen at the same time as a view is established from the terrace, through the house, and out towards the lake.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

Apart from the terrace, the immediate surroundings of the building are so densely vegetated that they are close to impenetrable.

Preserving the landscape as pristine as possible was a major intention in both the design process and during the construction of the house.

In return, the greened roof is established as an accessible plane.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius

Access to the roof can be gained from inside, from the house's sleep- and play loft, or from the outside where the slope starts at the foot of the integrated boat shed.

Following the ascend, standing at the top of the roof's edge above the trees, the landscape opens up in a magnificent and ever-changing panorama towards the lake and the surrounding mountains.

Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius


Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius
Holiday Home In Þingvallavatn
© Marino Thorlacius


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