PlayHouse

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PlayHouse

Street Monkey Architects + Bjerking

VENTILATION
Exengo, Wojtek Banda

BUILDER
Ingrid Westman

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Magnus Jönsson

STEEL FABRICATION
Wieslaw Olowski, Jarek Wasielewski, Elmot

ELECTRICITY
Dan Purra, Exengo

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Street Monkey Architects, Bjerking Ab, Thomas Björk, Cage Copher

AREA
175 m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Värmdö, Sweden

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This debut project for SMA is on a forested sloping site on an island suburb just outside of Stockholm.

PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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The client’s wish was to create a habitat for social and outdoor living, with enough space for the fluctuating number of children required in many Swedish households today.

The challenges from the client were: - Create enough space to accommodate the program while remaining generous to the natural beauty of the site. - Make it energy efficient and 3. Build it with prefabricated modules.

PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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The solution was a simple L floor plan and a cantilevered second floor. The second floor cantilever stretches out to make place for the master bedroom while maintaining a volume that still sits light in the landscape.

Thick, well-insulated walls, an air-tight building envelope and solar power reduce the energy demand of the house significantly compared to conventional Swedish construction and the façade materials are rustic and industrial like a piece of old farm equipment.

The result was 6 prefabricated modules placed on site in two days and a very happy family of 5.

PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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PlayHouse
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