The brief was to design a family house on a north facing triangular promontory, overgrown with pine and blueberry bushes, covered with large boulders.  The first sketches were made in 2010 and were put on hold until 2013. The project was completed in 2015.

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Architects: Murman Arkitekter

Location: Sunnanö, Sweden

Design Team: Hans Murman, Truls Håkansson, Per Sjöberg, Mattias Sköldborg, Anna Wallerstedt Öberg, Helena Ljungberg, Tuva Berg

Area: 322.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Ã…ke E:son Lindman

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From the architect. The brief was to design a family house on a north facing triangular promontory, overgrown with pine and blueberry bushes, covered with large boulders.  The first sketches were made in 2010 and were put on hold until 2013. The project was completed in 2015.
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Connected with the water front in all directions; except on one side, due to the risk of flooding.

Plan 1

We wanted to take advantage of the site's unique conditions and make a dwelling with maximum contact with the surrounding nature and water but with respect to privacy.

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The entrance to the south welcomes the visitor as the building's wings stretch out. The spine like upper floor forms an...