Vardehaugen AS

Cabin Vardehaugen

Cabin Vardehaugen

CABIN VARDEHAUGEN

Vardehaugen

ARCHITECTS
Vardehaugen

AREA
0 sqft - 1000 sqft

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Trondheim, Norway

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Cabin Vardehaugen

This project is placed on an outcrop by a fjord in central Norway.

Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen

The adjacent landscape is dominated by sea, rock, heath and a sometimes rough coastal climate.The cabin is shaped in a pose similar to a mountain fox curling up to avoid the cold wind.

The building lies snugly by a rocky ridge, whilst a small atrium opens up to the panoramic view outside.

Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen

A small annex helps define the atrium and shelters the outside spaces from cold and wind.

Local wind information on the property was registered with the help of windsocks and conversations with local inhabitants. 

Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen

These observations, in addition to Anne Brit Børve’s PhD on design in harsh, cold climates, became important tools in relation to the placement, disposition, and design of the building entities.


Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen
Cabin Vardehaugen


Cabin Vardehaugen

Vardehaugen AS
T +47 951 88215
Vardehaugen AS
Tromsøgata 5B, 0565 Oslo, Norway