{"id":72,"date":"2022-04-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/architecture\/2022\/04\/12\/kvist-loft\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:18:25","slug":"kvist-loft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/architecture\/kvist-loft\/","title":{"rendered":"Kvist Loft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A dark hayloft turned into a studio flat in the forest.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Location<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00f8ros, Norway<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Completed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

72 m\u00b2<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Type<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversion<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Client<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunniva Brekke<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The site<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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The loft sits above a log barn at the edge of a pine forest outside R\u00f8ros, a town built on copper and long winters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The barn is protected as part of the old mining landscape, so its outside could barely change. The hayloft inside was dark, with a single hatch on the forest side where the hay once came in. That hatch became the starting point for the whole project.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Roof study for the new rafters<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The building<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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We opened the old hay hatch into a wall of glass and a deck that reaches into the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original log walls and rafters stay exposed and dark. Inside them, a single box of pale birch plywood holds the kitchen, bathroom and storage, leaving the rest of the loft as one open room. The bed sits on a raised platform facing the forest, beneath a new skylight set between the old rafters.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Materials<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Structure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original logs and rafters, cleaned<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Joinery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oiled birch plywood<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat-treated pine<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Glazing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frameless, triple glazed<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Credits<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Architects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amara Okafor, Jun Sato<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Conservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingrid Moen, R\u00f8ros<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Builder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00f8ros T\u00f8mmerlag, R\u00f8ros<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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