Roof House

15.08.2015 / Architecture

Living room skylight | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
Living room skylight | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR

Roof House is a project that completely transforms an existing villa beautifully situated on a large site filled with trees in Fredensborg, Denmark.  The existing house is occupied by a family with three children and the specific needs of the family formed the basis of the project. Planning restrictions on the site called for a careful and minimal approach and this lead to the idea of extending the house by upwards by adding a series of roof buildings. This way the project adds a new bedroom and a workspace as well as skylights and sleeping platforms for all the childrens bedrooms. In addition the project includes redesign of the facade making it more energy efficient and adding new and larger openings. The roof construction and skylights is wrapped in asphalt roll roofing.
The new roof opens up the house towards the tree tops and the sky. The changing light filtered through the branches. The sound of the wind in the trees.

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Roof House scale model
Roof light
Roof light
Existing situation
Existing situation
Sketches
Sketches 
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Inner courtyard | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR

 

Living room
Living room
North facade
North facade
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Roof landscape
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Roof

 

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Eaves | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
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Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
Master bedroom | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
Master bedroom | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
SKylight | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
SKylight | Photo: STAMERS KONTOR
Site plan
Site plan 
Axonometric
Axonometric
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Section A
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Section B
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Model
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Model
Unfolding the roof
Unfolding the roof

Project: Roof House  Year: 2011-2014  Client: Private client Type: Commission Programme: Transformation and extension  Area: Renovation: 250m2 – extension 35m2 Architects: LETH & GORI  Status: Completed

 


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