Tour a Coastal Norway Residence Made from Wooden Flooring Scraps

At first look, Saltviga Home appears to be like like a minimalist, shingled trip residence perched atop a rocky bluff on Norway’s southern coast—however the exterior cladding, and the interiors, too, are a lot extra advanced than it appears. Zoom in and also you’ll see over 20,000 stainless-steel screws and never a single conventional shingle. Every bit of wooden, inside and outside, is definitely leftover German oak from Dinesen‘s flooring manufacturing unit. Sure, the whole home was constructed with scraps.

This spectacular architectural feat is the work of Stockholm-based studio Kolman Boye Architects. Founders Erik Kolman Janouch and Victor Boye Julebäk had beforehand collaborated with the sustainability-minded Danish flooring model, so the duo had a sense they’d be on board. “They’re very eager on utilizing the entire timber of their initiatives,” Erik says of Dinesen. “They wish to use every little thing from the trunk so nothing is wasted. So for them, this was like a godsend. They cherished the thought.”

Convincing the owners of the plan was simple, too, since they got the chance to buy Dinesen’s high-quality supplies for a fraction of the value. And whereas they ended up spending extra on labor to rework discarded wooden into evenly sized items for the facade, they nonetheless got here out on high with a one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly home that’s in concord with its rugged surrounds.

Let’s take a tour.

Images by Johan Dehlin.