The summer house is located on one of the few previously unbuilt plots in the summer house area of Klegod, at the Danish west coast. The plot is dominated by a large dune, which is why the house is care fully nestled into the southern part of the plot.

The house is conceptualised as a longhouse, where the middle sec tion is offset. This makes the house follow the shape of the dune and thus fit more naturally into the landscape without extensive landscap ing.

In the offset middle section, there is a kitchen and living room as one large, high-ceilinged room. At each end of the house, there is a bedroom, a loft and a bathroom. The southwestern wing also houses a covered outdoor area that can be screened off depending on the weather and wind.

On the other side of the dune is an annex with a sleeping area and a shed. The house is designed as a modern holiday home that does not f launt its luxury; it does not try to dazzle with unnecessary luxury but focuses on the beautiful character of the place in a pure and simple material palette. The house is built for a couple in their 60s who have both children and grandchildren. It has been important to to create a versatile and flexible house that can both practically and atmospher ically provide a cozy, intimate setting for two people as well as ten people.

In the southwestern end is the covered terrace. The facade consists of hingeds doors clad with sailcloth and lamellas, matching the summer house’s other facade in heat-treated pine, which will turn gray over time. These can be opened and closed as needed for views, reducing visibility, wind direction, and sun direction.

At nighttime the house is transformed into a lantern discretely illuminating the landscape.

The entire house is internally clad with birch veneer, giving the house a warm, uniform glow and a clear sense of a summer house, but without a yellowed and dark atmos phere. In the large living room, the support ing glulam beams and columns are visible and becomes an integral part of the room’s architecture. They form the frame for the living room’s large, fixed shelving unit

Throughout the house, custom carpentry blends furniture and architecture into cohe sive spatial elements. One example is the staircase — also made from birch plywood — which seamlessly incorporates storage and utility functions.

Outside, traditional red brick paving recalls a time when timber was scarce along the Danish west coast and homes were built of brick, thatch, and driftwood. The bricks contrast the wooden house and harmonize with the natural tones of the surrounding landscape.