New-build, old spirit: a seaside Swedish home creates a material dialogue with its site
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Location
277 30 Kivik, Sweden
Designer, Architect
Contractor
Martin Sjöström, Orbital Projects
Electrical Engineer
Magnus Stomberg, Bravida Prenad AB
MEP Engineer
JJVVS Konsult AB
Structural Engineer
Gustav Svensson, SGSvensson AB
Lighting
Ljus i Hus
Landscape
Drakängen Natur och Trädgård
Kitchen Joinery
Nordiska Kök
Suppliers
Dinesen, Vola, Petersens Tegl
A range of factors made the renovation of a seaside house in Sweden impossible. Its owner, architect Åsa Hjort, conceived a new home based on the original building and its surroundings.
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