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Slice

In a small garden in Slåttevik, Norway, Todd Saunders drew little house – to be used as a guest room – that gives the impression of being “a slice” in the landscape.

“How can we get the most out of this project?”, was the question Saunders and his colleagues had in the back of their minds when they first sat down to draw the extra and outdoor guest room that the client wanted.

They worked with the premises given by the site, and that meant preserving the old, existing plum trees in the garden. As a result the plum trees now grow through the triangular building, undisturbed. The contrasting colors of the black exterior against the white interior helps giving the impression of the building being “a slice” in the garden.

“Slice” describes the little house Todd Saunders drew in a small garden in Slåttevik just outside Haugesund in Norway. The challenge was: how do we design a 15 sqm sized house in the most exciting way possible? The buliding was supposed to be small, yet have a perfect design.

The fundamentals for this house are: it has to be a lovely place to spend an afternoon, spend a night, and a a good place to start the day. In the end, Slice became more than what we usually expect from a house, and also more unsual. Stretching out the terrace resulted in a bigger room and a sculptural shape that frames the whole house while creating a yard.