Johan Sundberg Architecture, AB

Ladan Shed

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

LADAN SHED

Johan Sundberg Arkitektur

CHIEF ARCHITECT
Johan Sundberg

MANUFACTURERS
Martinsons Trä Ab

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
SG Svensson AB, Gustav Svensson

PARTICIPATING ARCHITECT
Signe Edblad

CONTRACTOR
Okse Bygg Ab, Pär Stigborg

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT
Gudmund Bladh

PHOTOGRAPHS
Markus Linderoth

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Sweden

CATEGORY
Extension

Text description provided by architect.

Tucked in the soft hills of Scania, on the grounds of a historical farm, Johan Sundberg built a little shed: a humble, almost archetypical building, rooted in tradition, at the same time contemporary and refined.

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

The client – Johan Sundberg’s regular customer and a friend – wanted “a funhouse for himself, as well as for bats and insects” on a family-owned property.

The shed stands next to a 300-year-old farmhouse, which over centuries used to be home to beach riders, is nested in a protected, idyllic landscape of forests with brooks, and is surrounded by an overgrown orchard.

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

The new shed replaced a dilapidated construction from the 1950s, housing a tractor, garden tools, and a workshop.

The building, standing among the fruit trees, evokes many images: the roof angle mimics the nearby hills, the detailing has the precision of Japanese minimalist houses. In contrast, the concrete corners quote Swiss barns.

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

The latter comparison, surprising at first, is easily explained: Johan Sundberg's annual skiing holidays inspired him to study vernacular architecture in a similar climate outside his native Sweden.

Cast building corners, except for being a leisure time project of the client, freed the structure from diagonal stabilizing elements.

In the daytime, the light shines through the gaps between the wooden planks of the façade, accentuating its clear, calm structure.

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

There are no direct sun rays and sharp shadows, but uniform, reflected light, as the façade is structured like scales of an animal, to protect the indoors from rain and wind. 

After dusk, the building turns into a cutting-edge light sculpture, floating amidst darkened trees and grasses.

Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth

The lights remind of the golden line appearing during sunrise or sunset above the sea, multiplied into a ghost-like image of the house, lit by a fire.


Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth
Ladan Shed
© Markus Linderoth


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Johan Sundberg Architecture, AB
T +46 46 152121
Johan Sundberg Architecture, AB
Lilla Fiskaregatan 16A, 222 22 Lund, Sweden