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Kattegat House in Southern Sweden
10 Nov 2020
Kattegat House
Design: Strom Architects
Location: Southern Sweden
Kattegat House is a private house on the West coast of Southern of Sweden, not far from where Magnus Ström grew up. It is an extremely exposed site, but with stunning views and the personal connection with Magnus, it was an especially interesting challenge.

The site slopes gently towards the sea, but is also exposed to a public footpath and views into the site. Strom Architects created a stone wall to define the ‘habitable’ zone, and this creates a physical boundary providing privacy. On the inside of the wall, they terraced the ‘habitable’ zone thus creating a hierarchy of plateaus on which different functions of the house were placed. The outdoor pool is positioned right inside the wall in an area completely protected from external views, but also from westerly winds.
On the top plateau, we place a service-building containing entrance, garage and store. The kitchen, dining and living areas are placed at 90 degrees to the terraces with a strong direction towards the sea.

On the lower plateau, Strom Architects place a private bedroom wing and guest wing respectively on either side of the living room. These wings then enclose two courtyards: one for sculpture, and one for outdoor living with external kitchen. All bedrooms, as well as living areas, have...