Villa Radal, Gothenburg Real Estate Development, Swedish House Architecture, Images
Villa Radal in Gothenburg
10 Mar 2021
Villa Radal
Architects: Bornstein Lyckefors
Location: LÃ¥ngedrag, Gothenburg, Sweden

Villa Radal is a single-family house in LÃ¥ngedrag west of the city of Gothenburg. The name of the place was first recorded in 1766, and then referred to a saltery and a fishing village to the west of Gothenburg. The great herring rush in the late 18th century contributed to the development of the village. But it was only when the tramway extended to the west in 1908 that a larger number of villas, both lavishly architect designed and smaller with a self-built character, began to be erected in the area.

The environment has been characterized by sparsely developed plots surrounded by gardens and parks. By such a park, on the slopes of Osberg Hill, Maritime news editor Fritz Schéel erected a villa in 1915. A park-like garden was also built around the house overlooking the surrounding area.
It is on a subplot from villa Schéel that villa R is erected. The house climbs Osberget’s northern slope and closes the last opening to the neighborhood’s enclosed oak-grove.

The building has a bricked ground floor, and a glazed second story looking out into the surrounding canopy. The roof protrudes over the envelope and follows the angle of the surrounding terrain.

You enter villa R from the north and are guided through a small hallway towards a central ground floor...