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- Architects: Knut Hjeltnes
- Location: Sandefjord, Norway
- Lead Architect: Knut Hjeltnes
- Area: 250.0 m2
- Project Year: 2012
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- Architects Team: Øystein Trondahl, Nils Ole Bae Brandtzæg, Nils Erik Hjorth Joneid, Maria Sieginde Walther Muribø
- Civil Engineer: Terje Orlien
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Text description provided by the architects. The house is located on the top of the Vesterøya peninsula, overlooking the fjord both east- and westwards. The site is steep and was considered unbuildable and had been vacant for 20 years.
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It is very wet and windy due to the location, so special care had to be taken into consideration regarding the outer skin of the house.
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The lower part of the house is in situ cast concrete, the upper a prefabricated massive wood construction, with the inner visible skin in aspen.
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Between these two parts, a void occurs that contains the entrance and garage (that doubles as a covered outdoor summer living room). The outside of the timber construction is completely covered with fiber cement cladding.
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