Abstraction of forms and purity of volumes in a Swedish villa

Mölndal is part of the conurbation of the city of Gothenburg in southern Sweden. The residential suburb where the Amiri Villa is located is characterized by a wide variety of buildings and facades, the result of a master plan of the 50s. In this context Bornstein Lyckefors Architects have designed a three-storey single-family house, characterised by geometric rigour and an iconic form of a single volume with a pitched roof pierced by large openings. The house is entirely clad in tarred pine wood slats – a traditional Swedish method of preserving wooden facades and roofs – which gives the volume a rigorous and neutral image in the variety of shapes and colours of the context in which it is set.

Inside the house folded sheets of perforated steel form a staircase body, with a ramp that cuts the volume of the house diagonally and runs through it in all its depth. Double and triple heights generated by the plastic element of the staircase and the perforated material used lead the natural zenithal light of the roof to expand throughout the house, defining a diaphanous volume and a dynamic interweaving of visual axes and perspectives.

On the ground floor the stereometric volumes of the furniture define the space of the kitchen and living room, while the second floor hosts the sleeping area and a large bathroom wich overlook the double height of the living room, even maintaining its privacy.
An open space area on the third floor, corresponding to the roof, is dedicated to play and relaxation.