Maartje Lammers and Boris Zeisser have come up with a cabin that will help you escape from the world. Literally! Inspired by the principals of the Rotterdam-based 24H Architecture, the cabin in reference is actually an 18th-century fisherman’s cottage situated in the lakeland area of southern Sweden’s Glaskogen nature reserve. It was purchased by the duo some four years ago and now stands transformed!
Step one was to extend the cabin-size to take full advantage of the view over the adjacent stream. As a result, the original cabin is now a bedroom while the turtle-like 30 sq-metre extension stands on pulleys and a retracting steel frame. So, the living room can be projected over the stream without breaking the building laws.
Lammers and Zeisser call their summer house, he Dragspelhuset or “accordian house” and we precisely know the reason why. And though the two use it to escape from the world, the cabin has got the attention of the international architectural media due to its innovativeness.
The interior is equally eye-catching. Walls are lined with silver birch laths and drped with reindeer skins. Furniture is light-weight and modern while the lighting is provided by efficient solar panels.
