For many years, this property in the forest has been carefully planted by an ambitious botanist, the previous owner of the site. The new owners have made it their goal to preserve and continue this natural heritage. Therefore, the new building was to be added into the existing greenery as carefully as possible. As an elongated, rectangular volume, with a cantilevered roof on all sides, the new building stands out discreetly yet expressive within its context of the forest. The cantilevered roof is continued with a surrounding terrace. A lifted and roofed front area that creates the connection between inside and outside. As dark as the surrounding pine trees the exterior appearance of the house is characterized by an anthracite-colored glazed wooden cladding. To emphasize the views into nature, the inside of the building is also developed with dark colours. The high open spaces on the short sides of the building allow the view up into the wooden construction of the roof. The feeling of maximal comfort and safety continues in the living area that is lowered into the ground. It is the interplay of contrasts that give this house and site its identity. Refuge and intimacy on the one hand, wide views and spaciousness on the other.

Building project: Forrest hideaway | new building in the pine forest
Client: private
Completion: 2026 – under construction