Fritidshus Hummel
Norrtälje kommun | Stockholms Län
New Fritidshus | In Construction
Multi-generational sommarhus in Norrtälje.
Fritidshus Hummel is a low maintenance, environmentally friendly “multi-generational” summer house which, through smart design, delivers maximum functionality from minimum kvm.
Making every kvm count.
The Detaljplan permitted a Byggyta of just 120 kvm. Despite this limitation, an ambitious client brief aimed to create a place where multiple family groups - and different generations - could come together whilst also enjoying a degree of separation and privacy.
The design creates two compact fritidshus in one: a larger house, for the family, and a smaller house for mother or visiting friends. The space between forms a community environment featuring a shared living room, ‘Orangery’ dining space and an external terrace. This provides a range of settings for social interaction whatever the season or weather. A third small cabin provides shared laundry/utility and sauna facilities.
Cost effective & low maintenance.
The budget demanded cost-effective, low maintenance materials, as well as simple construction methods to enable parts of the project to be completed as a self-build.
Fasads and roofs are clad in profiled corten (pre-rusted) metal sheeting to create a robust, cost-effective and low-maintenance fritidshus which can take care of itself. This more ‘industrial’ material is softened by the selection of Corten (pre-rusted metal) which, through its orange-red colouring and distinctive ‘patina’ helps harmonise the new building within this traditional ‘faluröd sommarstuga’ område.
An asymmetrical roof design gives the building a unique character, whilst also maximising the south/west facing roof area available for solar cells to support off-grid living.
