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Villa Rypen is a single-storey detached house situated on the edge of a forest in Aarhus.
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Inspired by the unique site, the forest is invited in, and the house extends its terraces to reach out to the forest’s tall trees, and also to the garden.
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The dif-ferent seasons of the year are apparent from the house’s living rooms, as well as from the exquisite wooden terraces.
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Large window sections in a serrated design idiom ensure an inflow of light from several directions, and the view of the forest is exquisitely framed, to provide a unique backdrop to the living rooms in the house.
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Villa Rypen has a flexible layout around an airy central living and kitchen space. The room has access to a south- and east-facing terrace towards the garden, and a north- and west-facing terrace towards the forest.
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The house can be arranged according to a family’s changing requirements, and the rooms towards the forest can be closed off with sliding doors. Currently, the house can have several light living spaces and three east-facing bedrooms.
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The terracotta tilec screen façades are set off by the forest’s changing nuances and the material’s burnished glow is in perfect harmony with nature.
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The wooden terraces visually extend the living rooms and give a sense of ample living space.
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The window sections from floor to ceiling out to the terraces give a sense of the room continuing and merging with the outdoors. Source by C.F. Møller Architects.
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Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Architect: C.F. Møller Architects
Size: 158 m2
Year: 2016
Photographs: Julian Weyer, Courtesy of C.F. Møller Architects
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