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Hustadvika Tools

Extendable roofs and walls turn a patio with three small tool sheds into a sheltered sleeping place.

Architect: Rever & Drage architects
Published 04 Sep, 2014
 
Hustadvika Tools. The little tool shed doubles as the covering for an outdoor sleeping patio. The back walls of the sheds are glazed to allow view, but shelter from the wind.

Hustadvika Tools.
The little tool shed doubles as the covering for an outdoor sleeping patio. The back walls of the sheds are glazed to allow view, but shelter from the wind.

The patio with shed doors closed and the roof pushed back in.

Roof structure on rollers, half extended.

Roof structure, end connection detail.

The extended roof shelters the patio below.

Working model of main shed.

Site plan.

Section and elevation of tool shed.

Section and elevation of main shed with extendable roof.

Completion: 2013

Address:
Kleivaberga, Farstad, Fræna

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Photo:
Tom Auger

This multifunctional building is a combined toolshed and sleep-under-the-stars-facility at the clients’ outdoor summer house patio. The main forms are modern and abstract, without a cornice, while the exterior surface has wood panels coated in natural pitch tar.

The back walls of the smaller sheds are made of glass, maintaining the ocean view. The upper roof of the main building can be slid out, uncovering a skylight inside. The glass roof leads the water away from the patio, while the wooden roof protects agains western winds and snow.