Norwegian studios Vatn Structure and Groma have prolonged a home known as Dråpa in Oslo, including a curved form with a big terrace overlooking town and its archipelago.
Designed for a painter and filmmaker, the extension pays homage to the 1930s structure that characterizes its suburban location.
This knowledgeable his title Dråpa – a kind of laudatory poem.
“The present home is a well-preserved instance of the interval, however zoning guidelines typically result in pitched roofs or box-shaped extensions that stand out as overseas objects,” Vatn Structure founder Espen Vatn instructed Dezeen.
“We subsequently really feel that the curved type of the extension is in line with the character of the home and presumably in line with how an extension would have been finished when the home was constructed,” he added.
Aligning with the concrete basement and two flooring of the present home, Dråpa presents three further bedrooms and a residing, eating and kitchen space in its curved form.
The extension introduces a floor ground entrance to the house, which was beforehand accessed via the basement. This leads straight right into a residing, eating and kitchen area which connects to the stairwell of the present home by way of a brief bridge.
A kitchen counter traces the wall of this room, which opens at its west finish, the place a curved wall is pierced by panoramic home windows.
The central staircase results in the master suite on the highest ground of the extension. Right here, extensive picket steps result in a semi-circular terrace overlooking the Oslo archipelago.
A separate staircase leads all the way down to the basement of the extension, the place two additional bedrooms open onto the backyard via giant glass doorways.
“We needed to work with the proportions of the brand new quantity to create a dialogue between the 2 and hold the identical peak as the present home,” Vatn mentioned.
“The location encompasses a stepped topography, so this transformation additionally allowed us to work with the part in a extra fascinating approach,” added Groma founder Andrea Pinochet.
White-painted timber slats clad the outside of the home, matching the present home, however as a substitute positioned vertically to supply a delicate distinction.
The inside is outlined by white-painted plaster partitions with pale wood flooring and a blue-tiled lavatory with a round window on the highest ground.
Vatn Structure and Groma are each primarily based in Oslo. The 2 studios beforehand collaborated on the conversion of an industrial storage facility right into a studio for a movie manufacturing firm.
Different current residential tasks in Norway embrace a home by Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter that references conventional log cabins and a “floating tree home” by Snøhetta.
Pictures is by Johan Dehlin.