Norwegian studios Vatn Architecture and Groma have extended a home called Dråpa in Oslo, adding a curved form with a large terrace looking towards the city and its archipelago.
Designed for a painter and filmmaker, the extension pays homage to the 1930s architecture that characterises its suburban site.
This informed its name Dråpa ? a type of laudatory poem.
Vatn Architecture and Groma have extended a home in Oslo
"The existing house is a well-preserved example of the period, but zoning rules often lead to pitch roofs or boxy extensions that stand out as foreign objects," Vatn Architecture founder Espen Vatn told Dezeen.
"We therefore consider the curved shape of the extension as in line with the house's char­acter, and possibly in line with how an extension would have been made at the time the house was built," he added. Aligning with the concrete basement and two storeys of the existing home, Dråpa provides three additional bedrooms and a living, dining and kitchen area within its curved form.
White-painted timber clads the home's exterior
The extension introduces a ground-floor entrance to the home, which was previously accessed via its basement. This leads directly into a living, dining and kitchen space that connects to the stairwell of the existing home via a short bridge.
A kitchen counter lines the wall of this room, which opens out at its western end where a curving wall is punctured by panoramic windows.
The extension features a curved for...