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S A L K O L A H T I Project description: The Salkolahti House was primarily designed by using traditional sketching and modelmaking methods. Some use of CAD and virtual design methods were introduced later when the project entered the construction phase. Otherwise, the sketches and master drawings were all made by hand. Architecturally, the project theme came from the radar-invisible Stealth fighter. Its forms were the solution to many challanges in design, that finally produced a well balanced modern house. |
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Salkolahti / site plan Salkolahti House is planned to the northeastern edge of the site so, that the garden opens up towards south and southwest. The street is lined with birch trees, which direct the movement towards the main entrance along a slope. At the other end of the site is the one-storey high carport closing up the open garden space towards the western neighbours. The Salkolahti House design takes also into account the fact, that the main railwayline runs nearby on the northern side. The size and scale of the house and its annexes fit into the excisting urban structure perfectly. |
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Salkolahti / main level plan The main level plan shows the general organisation of spaces around a central fireplace. Main space of the house is the two-storey high livingroom, which relates all the surrounding rooms to it. The diningroom, den, entry and upper level spaces can all be seen or accessed from this central space. Main entrance to the house is from the northwest along a slope. The building has another three entrances to the garden and to the service court. All the entrances are designed to the cardo - decumanus cardinal points like in an ancient Roman city. |
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Salkolahti / upper level plan The upper level is reserved for more private areas of the house. Two bedrooms, master bedroom and a bathroom revolve around the two-storey high livingroom space. In the middle of the house, next to the chimney, there is a skylight, that gives daylight to the centre of the interior. Thus all the spaces in the house have good amount of natural daylight. The flight of stairs leading to the upper level was designed especially efficient and attractive by making full use exterior openings for changing views and play of light on the walls by the evening sunset. |
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Salkolahti / sections Salkolahti House is a two-storey house. The main space is the livingroom, which rises almost seven meters high in the middle of the building. The ground floor is split into two different levels, where entry is on the higher level and the livingroom on the lower. The upper level ceilings in the rooms follow the form of the exterior roofs, thus making the individual rooms different from eachother. Also the exterior height of the house is minimal, because the upper level rooms are only little over two meters high on the sides. The overall height of the Salkolahti House is less than eight meters and this makes the house feel so natural in scale. |
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Salkolahti / northwest elevation This is the main elevation towards the street. The openings are few, because of the orientation towards the cold weather conditions and the noisy railway. The entrance is recessed in the side of the stairway at the end of the slope under the pergola. The upper level bedrooms have all two windows, that open up towards different directions to ensure perfect daylight all year round. The few openings on the main elevation also contrast the heavy masonary wallsurfaces, which is not so typical in present day buildings. |
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Salkolahti / southeast elevation This is the garden elevation. The main house is the tilted cube with edges and corners made out of wood and openings. The annexes contain the technical spaces, sauna and washingrooms and they are important part of the garden facades. They introduce a more intimate surface and scale to the garden, than the more public street facade. From this side the expressive geometry is better visible. With the different angles and continuously changing heights, the Salkolahti House keeps the viewer intererested in the esthetic game of lines and forms. |
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Salkolahti / southwest & northeast elevations These are the side elevations towards southwest and northeast. The buildings form changes from each viewpoint and the regular facades are broken up by the openings and the wooden detailing surrounding them. The master drawings were handmade with ink on vellum and are very simple linedrawings, almost wireframe in quality. The prime emphasis is to convey the neccessary information for the building permission and to give a basic guideline for the construction drawings, which were completed later in collaboration with the project engineers. Next it was time to build. |
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2011-09-30
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