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Casa Barone : By Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff Architects

Ingarö-Evlinge, Sweden
Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman

An existing summer house on a steep continues slope was the starting point for this project. The old house sat in the middle of the property leaving only unusable narrow and highly sloping ground around it. A main issue was therefore to regain the property and to create flat areas with good sun conditions for outdoor activities. We placed the building on the northern property boarder leaving most of the property unexploited facing south. The
biggest part of the building is dug into the slope, creating a large horizontal platform in
ground level. Half of this platform is taken up by the upper floor of the building; the other half remains an open outdoor terrace in direct connection to the kitchen inside. Next to the kitchen is the living area, which, from its elevated position, faces the water view as well as the upper half of two large oak trees.

Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman

The studio, or rather a place for inspiration and creation of precious art for this Italian painter and his Swedish wife, makes an abrupt change to its traditional Swedish pitched roof neighbours. The building glitters as a golden shrine penetrated with large black windows as it sits in the rocky slope in between sculptural pine trees.

Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman

fioor plan--drawing Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman

The people
Architects: Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff
Location: Ingarö-Evlinge, Sweden
Project Area: 250 sqm (interior) + 50 sqm (Studio)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman
via:archdaily/contemporist

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