Villa Korup

Villa Korup
© Marshall Blecher

Villa Korup

Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter, Marshall Blecher

MANUFACTURERS
Louis Poulsen

DESIGN TEAM
Jan Hernik Jansen, Marshall Blecher

CONSULTANTS
Cross Timber Systems

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hampus Berndtson, Marshall Blecher, Gabrielle Gualdi

AREA
280 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Korup, Denmark, Denmark

CATEGORY
Houses

Villa Korup
© Marshall Blecher
Villa Korup
© Marshall Blecher

Text description provided by architect.

Villa Korup was designed for a young family of six on the Danish island of Fyn after a fire destroyed their previous home.

Villa Korup
© Marshall Blecher
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson

The characteristic ‘three-legged’ plan was developed in order to delineate the different aspects of the landscape, accentuating their qualities and creating three characteristic courtyard-like spaces; sunny south-facing sloped area to the south, a protected kitchen garden to the east and an orchard cum playground to the west.

Internally, the plan provides central communal spaces for the large family to gather as well as more private, secluded spaces at the ends of the wings.

The house is constructed entirely from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and clad with panels of raw weathering steel which react to the sites conditions and develop over time; starting out with an oily grey, metallic finish, gradually streaking with orange, fading into a mottled brown and eventually settling into a deep earthy umber.

Villa Korup
© Gabrielle Gualdi
Villa Korup
© Gabrielle Gualdi
Villa Korup
© Gabrielle Gualdi

The steel cladding system was developed especially for this house and results in a completely fixtureless facade.

The house was one of the first private dwellings constructed in Denmark from CLT which has in this case been exposed throughout the house and treated in a traditional Danish manner with soap and lye which protects the timber and gives it a soft, resilient finish.

The house was raised in just three days after panels were carefully designed and robotically manufactured from sustainable FSC Baltic fir.

Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson

Savings on labour meant that this solid timber house was constructed at a comparable cost to a more traditional timber frame house.

The house was designed by Danish/German architect Jan Henrik Jansen in collaboration with Australian Architect Marshall Blecher.

Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson

The two architects are currently working together on projects across Scandinavia including an underground house in the sand-dunes of northwestern Denmark, a private island cabin in Norway and the conversion of a 120 year old thatched cabin on the Baltic coast of Germany.

Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson


Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson


Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson
Villa Korup
© Hampus Berndtson


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