White house

The starting point for the design is a white Finnish wooden house. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The house is built on three levels: the living spaces are on the top floor with beautiful views over the neighbouring valley. On the groundfloor are
the entrance and bedrooms, and the cellar houses the sauna and service spaces. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

Part of the plot is protected, natural grove. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The house is placed in the center of the plot, and protected from outsiders by the southward slope. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The building has a single pitch roof sloping toward east. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The terraces are locates at the south and north ends. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The facade is of heat treated wood, which can withstand and flexes only marginally with the changes in moisture. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.

The battenwork shades the terraces in the day and then transform the building into a lantern lighting up its surroundings at night. Photo: Arno de la
Chapelle.

On three sides of the building the battenwork is offset from the facade surface, which makes for a protected terrace zone around the house. Photo:
Arno de la Chapelle.

The staircase is located centrally and sections the functions inside the house. Photo: Arno de la Chapelle.