Studio Vatn

Writer’s Studio and Garage

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage

Studio Vatn

ARCHITECTS
Studio Vatn

BUILDER
Kata Mata Design AS

DESIGN TEAM
Espen Vatn, Jelle Boone, Trym Tafjord Langeggen, Hanna Birkeland Bergh

AREA
75 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Norway

CATEGORY
Houses, Extension

The project is located in a suburban area of Oslo. On the site is a Biedermeier-style house from the turn of the century, built in brick and with lime-plastered walls. The house has a defined sill and articulated curved gables.

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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The task was to design two buildings: a writer’s studio of 15sqm and a garage of 50sqm.

The garage is placed 1m from the property line and the writer’s studio 4 m, and the distance to the main house is determined by fire regulations.

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Each building has two openings and a distinct difference from the inside to the outside.

The wall section is doubled: interior walls are constructed from cast in situ, polished black concrete revealing the colorful aggregate, and exterior walls are made of light brick with deep shadow gaps.

The brick bond references the main house with slight ornamentation of the sill.

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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The sill of the writer’s studio extends one shift from the wall-line closest to the main house.

The shift in brick bonds in the garage is the height of the main house sill, but also the exact height of the owner’s car.

The writer's studio has a 2mx2m pivot door in steel and a cheery wood desk with a smaller window.

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Right in front of the desk is a Copper Beech tree. The roof plates are in zinc, which will patinate and become grey over time.

The yard is laid with cobblestones and the retaining wall separating the two new buildings is in granite.

Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Writer’s Studio and Garage
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Studio Vatn
T +47 977 79070
Studio Vatn
Mogata 6C, 0464 Oslo, Norway