Cabin Kerið (Water)

Project type : Architecture

Status : Proposal

Year : 2019

Location : Iceland

Together with Studio Heima

Water Cabin is standing in the valley, where stones and grass meet watery areas. This area is so vivid - green grass and bushes, steams, small blue lakes and rivers, springs - all blending together.
The concept of the cabin comes from the wish to feel the water, almost be in it, that is why the floor level is lowered and the whole cabin is dug down. The cabin volume is wrapping around the central element - the pool - in this way all the functions have a direct visual connection to the water.
Cabin is designed to accomodate five to six people. It has a kitchen, dining room and a small spa area. Inbuilt furniture - kitchen, dry and wet benches play a big role in the design as they enable the continuous unique situation of ones’ being just nearby the water. The chosen material is concrete combined with the warm wooden cladding inside. The shape of the roof is designed to collect the water to the pool area and have a feeling of the never-ending ‘water curtain’ when it rains.