Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs.
Called Three Square House, the house in Southern Savonia is made up of three interlocking volumes, with a central building flanked by two smaller spaces.
These auxiliary rooms house a garage, storage and a sauna.
Between the garage and the main house a corner of raised wooden decking with a sunken tub connects to a walkway down to a jetty out into the lake.
Studio Puisto split the elevations split horizontally with a 2.3-metre high datum, cladding the bottom half in timber and the upper half with zinc panels.
Facing the line of spruce trees, smaller openings create darker spaces that are intended to evoke the atmosphere of the forest.
Facades facing the lake are more open, with large areas of glazing that wrap around living spaces.
Following a gentle slope on the site, Three Square House sits dug-in towards the forest and slightly raised where it overlooks the water.
Rooms follow these gradients, with private and darker bedrooms at the back and lighter communal spaces at the front.
Instead of doors, sliding glass doors can separate or open up the rooms.
The main building is split by diagonally by a central core, maximising the available space in the triangular areas either side.
Enclosed by dark-wood lined walls, this core contains a bathroom, walk-in wardrobe and storage
The core's perimeter houses a wall of kitchen app...
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