Senja Casula by Hans-Petter Bjornadal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Architectura Competition Category.

AesArchitectura· 2021

Senja Casula

by Hans-Petter Bjornadal

Client: BjØrnÅdal Arkitektstudio

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Senja Casula

Senja est casula familiaris prope parvum vicum piscatorium in Norvegia septentrionali exstructa. Consilium ex traditione Samica "Heller" ducitur, qua tuguria sub magnis saxis fiebant. Involucrum aedificii ad formam lapidis effictum est, lineis montes vicinos sequentibus, et fenestram amplam panoramicam regioni obversam continet. Frons lignea colore cinereo obscuro picta est ut cum ambitu misceatur. Ingressus principalis in massam aedificii excisus est et spatium exterius tectum efficit. Intus, parietes pineae, pavimenta quercina et tectum laqueatum ligneum focum circumdant.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Senja Casula victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Senja Casula rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Senja Casula necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The cabin is located near a small fishing village called Hamn. On this site the client wanted a family cottage with panoramic views to Senja's stunning mountains and nature.
In such a beautiful and delicate landscape, it is important to build with nature and create a project that feels like a part of landscape.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length and Width 21,5m x 7 m
Area: 133 m2

Floor:
·20 MM Pine parquette;
·100MM Concrete
·Radon Barrier
·300MM Ground insulation

Exterior wall
·21 x 145 MM wooden cladding;
·36 x 45 MM Battens c/c 600mm;
·20 x 50 MM Battens c/c 600mm;
·Wind barrier Tyvek Soft;
·9.5 MM Wind resistant gypsum board;
·145 x 45 MM main wooden frame with insulation;
·0,2 MM Vapor barrier;
·50 x 45 MM Battens with insulation;
·13 MM wooden cladding

Roof:
·SBS 2 layers membrane
·310 MM insulation
·0,2 MM Vapor barrier;
·22 MM OSB board
·245 x 45 MM main wooden frame with 100 MM insulation;
·20 MM battens cc 400 MM
·13 MM wooden cladding

Windows:
SchuchoSchucho system FWs50
Accecories:
RuukkiDownspout

Energy [W/(m2 K)]
Wall 0,22
Roof 0,18
Floor 0,18
Door / Window 1,2
Tags: wood, panorama, Sami, landscape, mountain,
Production Technology: The cabin has a wooden facade painted in dark grey to naturally blend in with the surrounding nature. The windows are made of wood/aluminium with details in steel to protect from the harsh winterstorms. The main entrance in carved into the building mass and creates a sheltered space to relax.

Inside the cabin the walls are covered with pine boards, oak floors and a 45x45 wooden slated ceiling. This creates a warm and cozy atmosphere to relax by the fireplace.
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Design Challenge: Adopting to a delicate landscape
Research: By studying old Sami building traditions, we found the ancient tradition of “Heller” where Sami*s would find shelter and build a cottage under large rocks. By shaping the building envelope like a stone with natural lines similar to the mountains, one could make a large panorama window in this shape. The project then becomes a "rock with a view" that settles naturally in the terrain - hidden by the forest from neighbours and the main road. Still on the inside of the cabin you feel like being part of nature.
Inspiration: By studying old Sami building traditions, we found the ancient tradition of Heller where Sami`s would find shelter and build a cottage under large rocks. By shaping the building envelope like a stone with natural lines similar to the mountains, one could make a large panorama window in this shape. The project then becomes a rock with a view that settles naturally in the terrain
Project Duration: 2017-2020 Senja, Norway
Operation Flow: The cabin is designed specifically to open ut to nature with panoramic views to the surrounding mountains. As the the weather can change drastically in hours it is important to have the option of both a sheltered outdoor space - and a climatized indoor space where you feel part of nature. At the dinner table, one gathers the family with a view a panoramic view of the mountains - the lines between inside and outside have been blurred and the space changes in tune with the light and landscape.
Team Members: Hans-Petter Bjørnådal
Image Credits: Image 1-5 Photographer: Hans-Petter Bjørnådal