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Villa Altona in Sollentuna, Sweden by The Common Office

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Article source: The Common Office

Villa Altona is located in Törnskogen, in the municipality of Sollentuna, Sweden. The site is steep with a height difference of nine meters between the ground floor and the street level. The contrast between the suburban landscape to the south and the untouched forest to the north, gives the site its identity. The two opposite characters of the site generated the form, placement and colors of the house.

Image Courtesy © Mikael Olsson

Architects: The Common Office
Project: Villa Altona
Location: Sollentuna, Sweden
Photography: Mikael Olsson
Architects In Charge: Henrik Lundén, Joacim Bengtsson
Landscape: Paju Architecture and Landscape
Structure: Cornelis Oskamp, Omniplan
Ventilation: Mats Åström
Construction: Grund- och stombyggnad i Stockholm
Area: 180 sq m
Year: 2011

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Fagerstrom House in Sollentuna, Sweden by Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Article source: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects

The client had split his garden city plot in two and moved the old house to the one. The other had a more embedded position, including a big old oak tree in the middle.

The gross building allowance had to be fully exploited in order to create a large enough home for the growing family. The stipulated distance to the property line of course limited the positioning from the sides, while the desire to preserve the old oak tree blocked the middle.