Nordic Villa
Norrkoping, Sweden · 1964
A precedent for low-slung residential architecture integrating dark brick masonry with expressive timber post-and-beam structures, designed by Sverre Fehn.
- What we like about this project
- The timber beams extend far beyond the brick envelope to form open-air pergolas.
Materials
- brick
- timber
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-walls
- timber-beams
- pergola
- clerestory-window
- flat-roof
Style tags
- nordic-modernism
- mid-century-modern
- organic-modernism
Visual tags
- nordic-modernism
- residential
- low-slung
- brick-and-timber
- landscape-integration
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal volumes composed of dark brick walls, topped by flat roofs with exposed timber beams and a raised glazed clerestory pavilion.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick walls with integrated timber framing and large glass panes.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with a post-and-beam timber roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale with a raised central clerestory volume.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting strong shadows beneath the timber beams and highlighting the texture of the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- A serene, grounded home that harmonizes with its natural surroundings through earthy materials.
- Environmental context
- Set on a gentle grassy slope with a backdrop of mature deciduous trees under a partly cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits low in the landscape, with deep timber pergolas and overhangs that extend the interior living spaces outward into the grassy terrain.
- Composition rhythm
- The horizontal rhythm of the brick walls is punctuated by the repeating vertical and horizontal lines of the timber beams.
- Style reading
- Nordic Modernism
- Program
- Private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, timber, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-walls, timber-beams, pergola, clerestory-window, flat-roof
- Style tags
- nordic-modernism, mid-century-modern, organic-modernism
- Visual tags
- nordic-modernism, residential, low-slung, brick-and-timber, landscape-integration
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal volumes composed of dark brick walls, topped by flat roofs with exposed timber beams and a raised glazed clerestory pavilion.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick walls with integrated timber framing and large glass panes.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with a post-and-beam timber roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale with a raised central clerestory volume.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting strong shadows beneath the timber beams and highlighting the texture of the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- A serene, grounded home that harmonizes with its natural surroundings through earthy materials.
- Environmental context
- Set on a gentle grassy slope with a backdrop of mature deciduous trees under a partly cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits low in the landscape, with deep timber pergolas and overhangs that extend the interior living spaces outward into the grassy terrain.
- Composition rhythm
- The horizontal rhythm of the brick walls is punctuated by the repeating vertical and horizontal lines of the timber beams.
- Style reading
- Nordic Modernism
- Program
- Private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture