A narrow site high up on a precipice overlooks the inner Stockholm archipelago to the south. It meets a dense row of pine trees to the west and a softer grove of deciduous trees to the east. One enters the site from the north, where a generous staircase mediates the initial steep south-facing slope. The stairs follow a concrete wall that forms the spine of the structure, and lead the visitor downwards between the concrete wall on the one side and a wooden volume on the other. The staircase leaves the visitor at a gap in the concrete wall, providing a glimpse of the garden on the other side. The promenade continues along the closed wall, towards the view and the water, now flanked to the west by the row of pine trees. A second opening in the wall presents the entrance to the house and extends a passage through and across it, into the garden.
© Åke E:son Lindman

Architects: Petra Gipp Arkitektur

Location: 133 37 Älgö ö, Sweden

Architect In Charge: Petra Gipp

Area: 150.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Ã…ke E:son Lindman

Project Team: Malin Heyman, Marco Nathansohn, Maria Cagnoli

Structural Engineer: Astadien, Johan Sandström

Landscape Architect: HORN.UGGLA, Maria Horn

© Åke E:son Lindman

A narrow site high up on ...