Forest House / Primus Arkitekter

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Asserbo, Denmark
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Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. The site is a long, slender plot facing the edge of a forest.  The diagonal offers view of the heath.

Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Table, Chair, Windows, Beam
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The clients wanted to shut the house off to the adjacent buildings in order to  have an exclusive experience of  the forest.

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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan

They wanted the house to create a spatial frame for large dinner parties and at the same time provide intimacy. The section is an interpretation of the local building regulations in order to create maximum ceiling height and natural light.

Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Table, Countertop, Beam
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The facade is a lapped cladding in solid oak boards treated with iron sulfate, which protects the wood and creates the weathered surface.

Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Garden
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The furnishing of the interior is created by the skewing of the plan, which creates hidden storage space and a hidden entrance covered by oak panels.

Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Table, Chair, Shelving, Windows
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The floor is polished concrete with built-in heating.

Interior walls are made from wooden boards of slightly different thickness, creating a tactile surface that catches the light.

Forest House / Primus Arkitekter - Windows, Facade
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Cite: "Forest House / Primus Arkitekter" 16 Oct 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/775286/forest-house-primus-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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