Grisslehamn House - Arrhov Frick

The client owned a large piece of old farmland on Väddö, including Gamla Grisslehamn, where, in the old days, letters from Finland entered Sweden. This land, originally used for itinerant agriculture, had not been used for this purpose for a long time.

There was no brief as to what to develop. Our suggestion was to divide a small, secluded part of the land &mdashan area that did not disturb any animals or people&mdash into 12 plots that were large enough to not to reveal the neighbours’ activities. The landscape shows a wide range of characteristics, from rocky glades to pine-strewn flatland and dense birch forest. With such natural variation, each house has to be adapted to its site, making each one unique. An important part of the project was to develop a fully prefabricated building system in wood that could allow such customisation without excessive cost. A structural laminated timber frame supports wooden inserts as walls, floors and roofs.