Located on the forested Vollerup Strand of Denmark, about an hour and a half north of Copenhagen, Harmoni Home is a low-impact summerhouse created by Christoffer Immanuel and Line Thygesen in collaboration with architect Thomas Høyer of Høyer Arkitektur.
Christoffer, founding father of Natural Fundamentals and present CEO of a Danish startup, and Line, an inside designer working with historic stonemasonry agency E. Nielsen, sought a nature retreat from their weekday lives in Frederiksberg. Each have been introduced up near nature and hoped to supply the same expertise to their four-year-old son, Helmut. “After we discovered our little spot in Vollerup, we determined to try to construct a low-impact cabin along with my childhood good friend, Thomas [Høyer],” says Christoffer. On the time, Høyer was working as an architect at Lundgaard & Tranberg. He determined to begin his personal follow and took on the construct as the primary mission.
Christoffer and Line have been drawn to their architect good friend’s strategy, which takes inspiration from each conventional Japanese and Danish structure, “with nice respect for pure constructing components.” The ensuing construction displays that very same inspiration. Comply with alongside for extra particulars.
Pictures by Benjamin Lund for Harmoni Home except in any other case famous.
Harmoni Home was constructed from the bottom up. “We needed to construct a low-impact cabin the place we thought-about the carbon footprint of your entire mission,” Christoffer explains. “When it comes to the environmental affect, we approached it from two views: the development of the home and the way the home could be used.” For the construct, they sourced 95 p.c of the supplies from inside Denmark—from wooden to home windows—all from renewable sources. The remaining building supplies got here from neighboring Sweden. Concrete was essentially the most carbon-intense useful resource utilized so moderately than a stable concrete basis, they opted to position the home on concrete piers. Additionally they selected to situate the home the place just one tree would have to be eliminated. “That wasn’t simple, as there are a whole bunch of timber on the market,” Christoffer notes.
Line’s father, Anders, collaborated with Høyer Arkitektur on the development of the home. “He’s an excellent function mannequin for each Line and me,” says Christoffer. “Anders is over 70 and has labored as an unbiased carpenter his whole life. Constructing a home with him was an excellent privilege—he taught us a lot alongside the best way.” The group accomplished the home in 2022, after which the couple furnished the inside primarily with classic and pre-loved items from Scandinavian and European designers.
Past the development, Christoffer and Line needed a house that might preserve a low carbon footprint over the long run. They targeted on options corresponding to a naturally planted wastewater filtration system, a tankless water heater, a low-energy heating system, and triple-paned home windows for insulation. The home can also be designed with the dwelling house at its core—the place it stays warmest—whereas the outer rooms are naturally cooler.
