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In the evening, the tiny cabin glows like a lantern
In the evening, the tiny cabin glows like a lantern
Architect and designer Sigurd Larsen sits on the built-in bunk bed in the living area/bedroom.
Architect and designer Sigurd Larsen sits on the built-in bunk bed in the living area/bedroom.
A skylight in the shower provides the feeling of outdoor bathing.
A skylight in the shower provides the feeling of outdoor bathing.
A built-in bunk bed in the living area/bedroom doubles as a sofa.
A built-in bunk bed in the living area/bedroom doubles as a sofa.
Expansive windows in the kitchen frame views of the nearby forest and meadows.
Expansive windows in the kitchen frame views of the nearby forest and meadows.
The compact cabin can accommodate three adults, or two adults and two children.
The compact cabin can accommodate three adults, or two adults and two children.
Larsen created an understated all-black interior that lets guests focus on views of the cinematic natural landscape.
Larsen created an understated all-black interior that lets guests focus on views of the cinematic natural landscape.
The wood-clad cabin is currently situated on the grounds of Wehrmuehle, a venue for contemporary art and culture in Biesenthal, Brandenburg, just one hour north of Berlin.
The wood-clad cabin is currently situated on the grounds of Wehrmuehle, a venue for contemporary art and culture in Biesenthal, Brandenburg, just one hour north of Berlin.
Just like the interior, the outdoor shower is an exercise in reduction and contrast: It’s merely a boulder placed under a showerhead on the side of the building. “If you really strain your eyes, you can see perhaps one other house,” Cheshire says of the vista.
Just like the interior, the outdoor shower is an exercise in reduction and contrast: It’s merely a boulder placed under a showerhead on the side of the building. “If you really strain your eyes, you can see perhaps one other house,” Cheshire says of the vista.
The other structure, lined in plywood, recalls the simplicity of New Zealand’s traditional bachs, or seaside cabins. Oiled jarrah eucalyptus clads the kitchen alcove. In the bathroom, Vola’s Arne Jacobsen tapware joins an Architec basin by Duravit.
The other structure, lined in plywood, recalls the simplicity of New Zealand’s traditional bachs, or seaside cabins. Oiled jarrah eucalyptus clads the kitchen alcove. In the bathroom, Vola’s Arne Jacobsen tapware joins an Architec basin by Duravit.
The formply used to line the black interior creates a “small, inky bubble of space,” Cheshire says. “It’s incredibly calm and quiet as a consequence.” His firm designed the built-in bed and cabinetry. The two Type 75 lamps are by Kenneth Grange for Anglepoise, and the Chair 65 is by Alvar Aalto.
The formply used to line the black interior creates a “small, inky bubble of space,” Cheshire says. “It’s incredibly calm and quiet as a consequence.” His firm designed the built-in bed and cabinetry. The two Type 75 lamps are by Kenneth Grange for Anglepoise, and the Chair 65 is by Alvar Aalto.
In the living room, an antique farm table surrounded by Charlotte Perriand chairs adds an organic element to the streamlined space.
In the living room, an antique farm table surrounded by Charlotte Perriand chairs adds an organic element to the streamlined space.
The kitchen’s brass-lined niche, with a matching tap by Arne Jacobsen for Vola, contrasts the otherwise spare, black formply interior of one of the cabins. “We wanted to introduce one piece that was deliberately special, that would build drama between the humility of the unfinished and the very precise polish of this one object,” says designer Nat Cheshire.
The kitchen’s brass-lined niche, with a matching tap by Arne Jacobsen for Vola, contrasts the otherwise spare, black formply interior of one of the cabins. “We wanted to introduce one piece that was deliberately special, that would build drama between the humility of the unfinished and the very precise polish of this one object,” says designer Nat Cheshire.
Before building on the North Island of New Zealand, two friends spent years replanting the site. The 290-square-foot structures Cheshire Architects designed for them reject the local trend of oversize beach houses—instead, they sit on the landscape like a pair of minimalist sculptures.
Before building on the North Island of New Zealand, two friends spent years replanting the site. The 290-square-foot structures Cheshire Architects designed for them reject the local trend of oversize beach houses—instead, they sit on the landscape like a pair of minimalist sculptures.