Shell house with shingle walls

As I saw you liked it house made of stacked wooden beamsI thought I'd show you another interesting house. Inspired by a shell, Finnish architect Olavi Koponen designed the house combining wood, concrete and steel. It's all organically interwoven and gives a sense of fluidity, a structure that curge from the inside out. The house has another eye-catcher. The wood covering both the exterior and interior walls and ceiling is Siberian larch shingle. Over time, this wood will darken in color becoming more and more beautiful. What's more, the house in Espoo, Finland, has a very interesting, even cheerful look.

A two-tier shell

The shell starts in the living room and spirals upwards, rising upwards. The house has two wings, one reserved for the living room and the other for the bathroom, dressing and storage areas. It is surrounded by a paved garden which contrasts nicely with the wood of the walls.

Each end of the spiral ends with a glazed wall and an exit to a terrace on the ground floor or a balcony upstairs. In the twist of the house, two areas face each other. At one point there is a felie cut into the shell, and the 2 walls formed are glazed. This makes the shell house, despite its depth, very bright, as the windows let natural light flood in.

The interior also respects the shell look. Two parallel spiral staircases in different colors lead to the upper level. The walls are curved and the furniture follows their contours. The walls and ceiling give the interior a cottage-like feel. There are no walls separating the spaces. There is, however, a separation between the spaces given by the curved walls that block the view from one area to another. As, apart from the shell walls, there are no other walls, placing the furniture requires some creativity and inventiveness.

In the shell house the bathroom also has its share of originality. Here, where you'd expect more privacy, there's a glazed wall. Only the shower, in the form of a tiled cubicle, is hidden from prying eyes. And the kitchen has slightly curved cabinets, like the walls of the house. The extra space needed here is realized with wood paneling perfectly integrated into the overall look of the house.

The shell house is an interesting concept, inviting you to step inside to discover it. It doesn't reveal its secrets at first glance, but everything is revealed gradually as you go deeper into the shell.

(source: trendir.com)