Lake Cabins
Three black timber cabins on a misty shoreline
Architecture, Interiors
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2021–2023
The three cabins at first light
About the project
Three generations of one family share a lakeside plot. Rather than one large house, we built three small cabins a short walk apart, each with its own view along the water and a shared jetty in front.
Typology
Three cabins
Status
Completed 2023
Location
Furesø, Denmark
Client
Private
Size
3 × 48 m²
Site
0.5 hectares
Partner
Ida Lund
Sleeping alcove in the middle cabin
Window to the lake
The concept
Three cabins, one shoreline
Each cabin is turned a few degrees from its neighbour, so that none looks into another and each catches the sun at a different hour. Together they form a loose crescent along the shore.
Every cabin has one room, one stove and one large window. Kitchens, bathrooms and storage are packed into a thick timber wall on the forest side.
Inside the largest cabin, evening
Material and light
Black outside, oak within
The cabins are clad in tarred spruce boards, black so they almost vanish against the forest at dusk. Inside, every surface is oiled oak, cut from a single batch of trees.
Built-in furniture was drawn by our interiors team and made by one joiner over a single winter.
One day in the living room
Morning
07:00
Midday
12:00
Afternoon
16:30
Dusk
19:45
Night
22:00
Bedrooms and kitchens face east, so the day begins with low, cool light across the walls.
At noon the sun stands high in the south, and the deep roof keeps the living room bright without glare.
In the afternoon the light turns warm and low, reaching across the floor to the far wall.
At dusk the west windows hold the last colour of the sky while the room slowly falls quiet.
At night a few low lamps take over, and the windows turn into dark mirrors of the garden.
Credits
Architect
Clerestory
Partner in charge
Ida Lund
Interiors
Sofie Dahl
Project leader
Jonas Holm
Engineer
Holm & Vestergaard
Joiner
Furesø Snedkeri
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