Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher

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Korup, Denmark, Denmark
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Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
© Hampus Berndtson

Text description provided by the architects. Villa Korup was designed for a young family of six on the Danish island of Fyn after a fire destroyed their previous home. The characteristic ‘three-legged’ plan was developed in order to delineate the different aspects of the landscape, accentuating their qualities and creating three characteristic courtyard-like spaces; sunny south-facing sloped area to the south, a protected kitchen garden to the east and an orchard cum playground to the west.

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Hampus Berndtson

Internally, the plan provides central communal spaces for the large family to gather as well as more private, secluded spaces at the ends of the wings.

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade, Beam
© Hampus Berndtson
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Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Interior Photography
© Hampus Berndtson

The house is constructed entirely from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and clad with panels of raw weathering steel which react to the sites conditions and develop over time; starting out with an oily grey, metallic finish, gradually streaking with orange, fading into a mottled brown and eventually settling into a deep earthy umber. The steel cladding system was developed especially for this house and results in a completely fixtureless facade.

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Interior Photography
© Gabrielle Gualdi

The house was one of the first private dwellings constructed in Denmark from CLT which has in this case been exposed throughout the house and treated in a traditional Danish manner with soap and lye which protects the timber and gives it a soft, resilient finish.

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Exterior Photography, Wood, Glass
© Hampus Berndtson

The house was raised in just three days after panels were carefully designed and robotically manufactured from sustainable FSC Baltic fir. Savings on labour meant that this solid timber house was constructed at a comparable cost to a more traditional timber frame house.

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Exterior Photography
© Marshall Blecher
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Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Marshall Blecher

The house was designed by Danish/German architect Jan Henrik Jansen in collaboration with Australian Architect Marshall Blecher. The two architects are currently working together on projects across Scandinavia including an underground house in the sand-dunes of northwestern Denmark, a private island cabin in Norway and the conversion of a 120 year old thatched cabin on the Baltic coast of Germany

Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher - Interior Photography
© Gabrielle Gualdi

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Cite: "Villa Korup / Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter + Marshall Blecher" 01 May 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/938732/villa-korup-jan-henrik-jansen-arkitekter-plus-marshall-blecher> ISSN 0719-8884

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