VILLA Furunderlig

Winner of ”peoples choice award”, architectural Competition, bo 2049 by willa nordic

Course - Basecourse B

Location - Lund

semester - 4th, 2022

Duration - 4 weeks

Felix Olofsson, Amanda Perols, filip stojanovski kutlesovski & Viktor thelin

COMMUNITY - FREEDOM - NATURE

The future. Although no one knows what exactly will ​happen in the future, you can study trends to see

where society is going. For example, climate change ​has become an increasingly large problem and a ​concern for us and our future generations. With this ​concern for nature, it becomes especially important

for the construction industry to combine sustainability ​with flexibility. Flexibility is at least as important as ​sustainability, because both life and the future way of ​life may change. What do you do with a house when

the children have moved out? How and with whom will ​you live in 2049?


Judging by all statistics, the nuclear family will not ​constitute a large majority o the future. Most likely, you ​will instead live together with other people, which will ​be the new definition, i.e. a group of people who live in ​the same house. Even lifestyles will and have already ​begun to change due to technology, the covid-19 ​pandemic and the growing mental illness.


Unlike the majority of Europe, the Nordics are ​characterized by colder and darker winters as well

as long and bright summer days. Something else

that is generally known about the Nordic region is its ​large proportion of forests, where wood becomes an ​obvious building material in the construction industry. ​While at the same time, with the help of glass, we can ​take advantage of the much-needed sunlight.


In Villa Furundlig, the focus is on people and the well- ​being of the earth. This can be seen, among other ​things, in the transition between the public, private ​spaces and nature in combination with the flexibility of ​being able to adapt the interior rooms. This flexibility is ​made possible by the load-bearing shell of the house, ​which, unlike the inside, must stand for as long as ​possible. Why not aim for 500 years?

Facade from the north

Form

Villa wonderful is designed to enhance the social ​community in the house. This by creating visual and ​spatial connections between the private and social ​zones in the house. The form also creates a framed ​and social patio. The house is 232 m2, optimized and ​able to house 4-10 people with good comfort, without ​creating unused surfaces.

Modules

In the two wings of the villa, there are four changing ​zones distributed over two levels, all with the same ​dimensions. The zones are based on a system with ​three 2x4 meter modules that create the possibility ​to vary the number of rooms and uses in the zone. ​Outside the three units there is a transverse buffer ​zone of 2x6 meters to achieve maximum flexibility. ​The purpose of the module is to offer flexible and ​accessible changeability within the standing frames ​that make up the home.

Installations

The villa’s installation, such as water, electricity and ​sewage, are gathered in three of the load-bearing

and permanent interior walls. This is to achieve a

high degree of flexibility in the location, size and ​number of kitchens and bathrooms without limiting the ​changeability of the wings. It also offers the possibility ​for a smoother renovation of the installations over time.

Flexibility

The frame consists of wooden columns and wooden beams with

a cross-section of 30x150mm, placed with a horizontal gap of ​90cm. This space consists of an adaptable facade and outer wall ​consisting of either window glass, insulated outer wall, wooden ​panel, superimposed wooden trellis or a combination of these. By ​varying between these, the expression of the facade as well as

the light admission and the interior can be regulated according to ​taste and preference. Within the changing zones, interior walls can ​be flexibly connected to the load-bearing frame to create different ​numbers and sizes of rooms.

Example on how the facade can be changed

Private

Co-operating

Flexibility

Villa Furunderlig consists of three different zones; ​the common, private and buffer zone. The zones ​can be adapted as needed depending on how the ​modules are designed. The beige zone represents ​the common core of the home consisting of fixed ​functions such as the hall and staircase as well

as a larger room with a double height ceiling to ​create sight lines between the floors and zones.

Constellation 1

Two parents, two kids, and a yoga ​studio

Constellation 2

An elderly couple, a young couple ​and three students

Constellation 3

Ten students