{"id":1945,"date":"2025-06-16T06:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:32:44","slug":"hoyer-arkitektur-builds-elongated-vollerup-house-within-denmarks-coastal-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/hoyer-arkitektur-builds-elongated-vollerup-house-within-denmarks-coastal-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"h\u00f8yer arkitektur builds elongated vollerup house within denmark\u2019s coastal forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Vollerup House, designed by H\u00f8yer Arkitektur, takes shape in northwestern Zealand, Denmark<\/strong><\/a>, about ninety minutes north of Copenhagen. Conceived as a summer retreat, the house<\/strong><\/a> is carefully set within a wooded site where fields meet forest, just inland from the windswept coastline. The timber<\/strong><\/a> building sits low against a backdrop of birch and pine, its elongated, single-story form offering a calm horizontal counterpoint to the upright trees. H\u00f8yer Arkitektur uses this orientation to create both spatial intimacy and visual clarity, shielding nearby cottages from view and framing a quiet forest clearing.<\/p>\n

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The design takes advantage of the site\u2019s dual character. While the north facade is restrained and mostly closed to maintain privacy from the more public areas, the south facade opens generously to the woods. Floor-to-ceiling glazing along this southern elevation draws in filtered daylight and allows the interior to remain visually and atmospherically tethered to the forest beyond.<\/p>\n

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h\u00f8yer arkitektur\u2019s vollerup house Treads Lightly<\/h2>\n

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The design team<\/strong><\/a> at H\u00f8yer Arkitektur plans the Vollerup House with a linear arrangement, with all living spaces aligned along the southern face. Movement through the house parallels the rhythm of the trees outside, reinforcing a constant connection to the changing light and seasonal shifts in the landscape. From inside, the distinction between interior and exterior softens; the forest becomes a living backdrop to daily life.<\/p>\n

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Materially and structurally, the home echoes the region\u2019s vernacular buildings. Its construction draws on the traditional longhouse form and the presence of timber barns scattered through rural Zealand. A rhythm of glulam beams defines the primary grid, elevated on cast-point foundations to preserve the forest floor and minimize ecological disruption.<\/p>\n

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The lightness of the structural solution lends the house a kind of stillness in the landscape. By lifting the volume slightly and anchoring it with minimal intervention, H\u00f8yer Arkitektur reinforces a sense of respect for the natural setting. From certain angles, the glulam supports even suggest that the house rests lightly among the trees rather than being imposed upon them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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surrounded by birch and pine trees, the Vollerup House sits on the northwest coast of Zealand<\/p>\n

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H\u00f8yer Arkitektur designs the summer house as a horizontal structure that responds to the vertical forest<\/p>\n

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the elongated form creates a quiet visual barrier from neighboring cottages<\/p>\n

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floor-to-ceiling glass allows filtered light to enter and connects interiors to the surrounding trees<\/p>\n

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the house feels as though it rests gently among tree trunks without disturbing the land<\/p>\n

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name:\u00a0<\/strong>Vollerup House<\/p>\n

architect:\u00a0<\/strong>H\u00f8yer Arkitektur<\/a> | @hoyerarkitektur<\/a><\/p>\n

location:\u00a0<\/strong>Vollerup Strand, Denmark<\/p>\n

area:\u00a0<\/strong>95 square meters<\/p>\n

photography:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a9 Hampus Berndtson<\/a> | @hampusper<\/a><\/p>\n

The post h\u00f8yer arkitektur builds elongated vollerup house within denmark\u2019s coastal forest<\/a> appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

a horizontal Gesture Beneath Vertical Trees \u00a0 The Vollerup House, designed by H\u00f8yer Arkitektur, takes shape in northwestern Zealand, Denmark, about ninety minutes north of Copenhagen. Conceived as a summer retreat, the house is carefully set within a wooded site where fields meet forest, just inland from the windswept coastline. The timber building sits low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions\/1954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}