Villa Mecklin / Huttunen + Lipasti + Pakkanen Architects

Aug 2010

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Residential , Finland, Huttunen–Lipasti–Pakkanen Architects, Naantali

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Photo by Marko Huttunen

While designing a house for their friends, Huttunen + Lipasti + Pakkanen Architects’ residence enhances a simplistic form with an acute attention to material selection and detailing. Situated in the rocky island terrain of Naantali, Finland, Villa Mecklin was built at a leisurely pace with the architects working through construction details on site. “Villa Mecklin has mainly been a self-build project. Contract documents or complete working drawings were not necessary because any problems were resolved on site,” explained the architects.

More photographs and more about the residence after the break.

Photo by Marko Huttunen

Surrounded by gigantic rocks and low vegetation, the residence is nestled into the landscape amidst a narrow zone of trees upon a small depression in the rocks. The residence – made of untreated wood which will gradually turn grey – gently rests upon the ground as a passive addition to the wilderness.

Photo by Marko Huttunen

While the crisp interior hosts a small living space, the prominent terrace is truly the focal point of the design. The terrace extends dramatically toward the water and the sloping sides define the great view in a non-constrictive way. A sunken fireplace, accessed via a hatch in the decking, sits in the middle.

Photography by Marko Huttunen.

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Photo by Marko Huttunen

: Floor Plan

As seen on the Contemporist.

Cite:
Cilento , Karen . "Villa Mecklin / Huttunen + Lipasti + Pakkanen Architects" 16 Aug 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/73421>

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Rory says:

Wow best house I have seen on archdaily for a long time!

# August 17, 2010 at 02:09

juannegretti says:

completely in agreement with you !!!!

# August 18, 2010 at 09:26

Tomasz says:

well done. it always helps the architecture to have such a beautiful location as well.

# August 17, 2010 at 03:01

josé says:

nice, nice.

# August 17, 2010 at 03:24

mic says:

fits into its surroundings, nice house, just wander if the bathroom and toilet is somewhere detouched or hidden (dont know what var means, but doesnt look like it…) the upper level is not in the plans, but to me seems only for sleeping

# August 17, 2010 at 03:28

António says:

Very well observed; I also noticed that.
The concept is very strong – “framing” the view of the lake and adding the fire (the opposed elements) along with a very simple layout.
Awesome!

# October 28, 2010 at 06:16

Martinus says:

@mic

It’s a finnish summercottage, so the (compost)toilet is outside, as is the bathroom (which is mostly combined with the sauna-building).

In the book ‘Villas and Sauna’s in Finland’ you can see more inspiring examples of this type of summercottages.

# August 17, 2010 at 05:09

ok, thanks, thats cool.

# August 17, 2010 at 05:25

At this picture you can see the cottage and the sauna in one image.

http://www.h-l-p.fi/wp-content/uploads/Sauna-from-the-terrace.jpg

# August 17, 2010 at 05:18

bill says:

super-awesome!

# August 17, 2010 at 07:00

spaceman spiff says:

my god what a cliche….how many thousands of these have been built in the past 5 years?…..it seems like no architect can stop themselves from slapping a slab of concrete on the ground in the wilderness and calling it a day..

cliche.

# August 17, 2010 at 11:04

i cant say that this house is some striking new architecture, but i think its nice. let us see your work (so i know whats not cliche, atleast by your standards). doesnt have to be architecture, btw…

# August 17, 2010 at 11:31

Dan says: