Morvik
Detached family house
Åsane, Bergen, Norway
The task consisted of a remake with extensions
of an existing family house.
The task consisted of a remake with extensions of an existing family house, initially the client wanted to keep the existing house as a base for the project. The client wants did not correspond to the conditions on the site, so we decided to advise for a total transformation.
The client wants did not correspond to the conditions on the site,
so we decided to advise for a total transformation.
The existing building was placed on a ridge of bare rock, falling in three directions. This complex topography, geological condition that coincide with an existing house leaves as minimal space for intervention. These difficulties were solved by keeping the existing foundations together with most of the exterior walls, transforming them to internal walls. There is added to new volumes to the existing and a new roof structure is added. The building volume is cantilevering in three directions form the existing foundations – balanced, without symmetry, where each facade is different with continuity around the building.
The existing building was placed on a ridge of bare rock, falling in three directions
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