House on the cliff dug into solid rock
Villa Astrid is another beautiful work by Wingardhs design studio on dramatic West Swedish landscape. The crucial parameter for the design of Villa Astrid was dictated by the local building code, which has 3.5 meters high and the eaves of a roof slope between 14 and 27 degrees. This effectively reduces the size of the villa, to the street where one floor is visible. The villa has a kitchen, a dining room and a large lounge nestled between the atrium and a view of the sea with the sun in the afternoon and the sunsets. The lower tray, hidden neighboring contains the bedrooms and other private areas. The whole structure is carved into the solid rock of the hill and the architect left a big piece of that rock in the living room and bathroom as a reminder of nature. The roof is concrete, insulated with Foamglas then covered with sheet metal. The walls were built in solid form, lightweight concrete, plaster inside and outside, and then covered with sheet metal. Black, preweathered, copper sheets are bound by limestone gravel around the base of the building. [Wingardhs]
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