Details and variation
CEBRA has created mobility in the house through difference. Just by looking at the house’s cedar cladding one can see whether one is looking at the main building or an extension – the main building is clad with horizontally boards, while the facades of the extensions consist of vertical boards of varying width. Up and down. Small windows become large ones, broad boards become narrow ones and vertical becomes horizontal.
The light
The most varied light and the best view are on the top floor. Here it is the view that determines where the balcony is placed. In the roof, four VELUX roof windows placed in continuation of each other let a broad band of daylight into the sitting room. Large floor-to-ceiling windows frame the view. The largest window section with the door to the balcony is angled vertically on the face, which produces a quirky effect, as though it is the window itself that is sloping. A small window in the smallest room captures the garden from a seldom seen angle and leads the eye to green and verdant nature as in a landscape painting from the 1800s, seen from above.
Details and variation
CEBRA has created mobility in the house through difference. Just by looking at the house’s cedar cladding one can see whether one is looking at the main building or an extension – the main building is clad with horizontally boards, while the facades of the extensions consist of vertical boards of varying width. Up and down. Small windows become large ones, broad boards become narrow ones and vertical becomes horizontal.
The light
The most varied light and the best view are on the top floor. Here it is the view that determines where the balcony is placed. In the roof, four VELUX roof windows placed in continuation of each other let a broad band of daylight into the sitting room. Large floor-to-ceiling windows frame the view. The largest window section with the door to the balcony is angled vertically on the face, which produces a quirky effect, as though it is the window itself that is sloping. A small window in the smallest room captures the garden from a seldom seen angle and leads the eye to green and verdant nature as in a landscape painting from the 1800s, seen from above.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
Details and variation
CEBRA has created mobility in the house through difference. Just by looking at the house’s cedar cladding one can see whether one is looking at the main building or an extension – the main building is clad with horizontally boards, while the facades of the extensions consist of vertical boards of varying width. Up and down. Small windows become large ones, broad boards become narrow ones and vertical becomes horizontal.
The light
The most varied light and the best view are on the top floor. Here it is the view that determines where the balcony is placed. In the roof, four VELUX roof windows placed in continuation of each other let a broad band of daylight into the sitting room. Large floor-to-ceiling windows frame the view. The largest window section with the door to the balcony is angled vertically on the face, which produces a quirky effect, as though it is the window itself that is sloping. A small window in the smallest room captures the garden from a seldom seen angle and leads the eye to green and verdant nature as in a landscape painting from the 1800s, seen from above.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
With Villa upside down the Jutland architectural practice CEBRA has turned the house on its head. On an 850 m2 plot looking out over a lake, close to Silkeborg, the architects have allowed the view to determine the design of the house.
A simple idea
In Villa upside down, the building programme has been turned on its head: the bedrooms are on the ground floor, while the main rooms and the kitchen are on the first floor. “We work on the principle that a single sentence or a single drawing must be able to show why the house looks as it does,” says architect Kolja Nielsen, co-owner of CEBRA: “So when you ask why the main rooms and the kitchen are on the top floor, the short answer is: “Because that is where there is the best view of the lake”.”
The house
According to the architects, the design of the house is a confrontation with the common or garden square, detached house. Architect Kolja Nielsen explains that it is a composite house, the multi-angular shape of which means that it integrates better with its surroundings than if it was placed as a square encircled by the garden on the plot.
In practice, the house consists of a main building containing the communal area, such as the main rooms, bathroom and kitchen. Attached to this are a number of small “extensions” with the bedrooms, terrace and a shed, which create sheltered corners in the garden. Clad with cedar and with a zinc roof, the house is intended in time to stand like a grey accent in the green landscape.
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