The Norwegian architecture firm Sanden + Hodnekvam Arkitekter has build a minimal cabin in the small village of Rones, in Steinkjer, located 150 km north of Trondheim, Norway.

The area, surrounded by nature, overlooks a fjord and the cabin has a compact footprint which adapts to the landscape, preserving the site and its vegetation.
The small cabin designed by Sanden + Hodnekvam Arkitekter is inspired by the natural landscape surrounding the place, and is located on a big rock which became the back of the building, offering a natural shelter.

The main floor is made of concrete and has three different levels, adapting to the terrain, while the second floor is a triangular shaped volume and hosts the bedrooms. The large windows are made in Norwegian pine and are facing the fjord, creating a close contact to the nature outside.
 

Description of project by Sanden + Hodnekvam Arkitekter

The small cabin is located at Rones, 150km north of Trondheim. The site is steep and rough with a view of the fjord. The cabin has a compact footprint which adapts to the landscape and preserves the site and its vegetation.

The main floor is a concrete construction with three different levels adapting to the terrain. The concrete base, and the big wooden windows in front, support the second floor; a triangular shaped volume of cross laminated timber wrapped in black roofing felt. The interior is characterized by the raw concrete walls, the polished concrete floor, the wooden windows and the 2.nd store all made in Norwegian pine.

The furnishing is made out of Norwegian birch. Gutter and other outdoor details are made in untreated copper, and will darken with time. The cabin has a sheltering atmosphere with its protective back wall in concrete and its open glass facade facing the fjord.

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Ingvild Hodnekvam, John Sanden, Yngvild Lund.
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Initiation.- 2016. Completion.- 2018.
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Rones, Steinkjer, Norway.
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Sanden + Hodnekvam Architects is an architectural studio based on the Nesodden Peninsula in the Oslo fjord, Norway. The studio was established in 2014 by John Sanden (b. 1984) and Ingvild Hodnekvam (B. 1985) and is engaged in a varied range of projects all over the country -from small scale structures, installations and houses to master plans and large scale competitions.

John Sanden and Ingvild Hodnekvam both studied architecture at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU) and at the Aires Mateus diploma unit at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL), and received their masters degree in 2012. John Sanden and Ingvild Hodnekvam also teach and appear as guest critics at the Oslo School of Architecture (AHO) and NTNU.

After establishing their studio in 2014, Sanden+Hodnekvam has built several houses which are widely published. In 2019 Sanden+Hodnekvam won the prestigious competition for the UNESCO world heritage site at Bryggen in Bergen. This summer the studio is a part of Wallpaper Architects Directory, listed as one of the worlds most interesting emerging practices.
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