Textual content description offered by the architects. On behalf of a personal household, Jägnefält Milton designs the renovation of the Vasahuset farmhouse on Börjegatan. The start line of the venture is to create an apealing useful residence and workplace for the household and the household enterprise by preserving, strengthening and renewing the qualities and character of the prevailing constructing. The constructing was constructed in German Artwork Nouveau type in accordance with drawings by architect Erik Hahr in two phases round 1907-08 and 1910-1911. A couple of years later, the wall and its gate in direction of Börjegatan had been added, which modified the character to a extra closed yard. The constructing has most lately been used as an workplace, however has had numerous features over time and has, amongst different issues, housed the Vasahuset’s laundry room, toilet, rubbish room, and bathroom.
The present constructing has been rebuilt a number of instances over time because the constructing’s operate and desires have modified. Window and door openings have been modified, new room divisions have been created, and the ground has been raised. When the constructing was acquired across the flip of the 12 months 2018/2019, it was poorly maintained with a leaky roof, in depth injury to the outside plaster and a worn inside with a low commonplace from the latter a part of the twentieth century. With a couple of however clear and exact interventions, a complete is created for the constructing, which to some extent has been misplaced over time. The present entrance to the workplace is supplemented with a brand new entrance to the house’s corridor and kitchen from the backyard. The brand new openings fall seamlessly into the prevailing window rhythm and borrow their dimensions from current home windows. Current home windows are preserved and renovated. Facades are plastered over as current.
The roof sheet is in poor situation and is being changed with a brand new folded roof sheet as current, with the peak of the eaves and gutter maintained. The present roof form is preserved with the addition of a brand new dormer to the southwest and an angled a part of the roof to the southeast to furnish bedrooms within the attic. Going through Börjegatan, the roof retains its current look, and beneath is positioned the lounge of the house with full ceiling peak and visual current roof buildings. In the back of the neighboring property, a beneficiant skylight is positioned, which gives daylight to the steps and kitchen; an sudden high quality within the in any other case single-sided rooms. A brand new chimney for the kitchen hood and fireside connects to the roof part at a unique approach. The unique ground degree is restored, which signifies that the rooms regain extra of their authentic character, proportions and room peak. New inside doorways in a row create nice room connections and sight traces with a contact from the time of the constructing’s creation.
To create a personal backyard separated from the automobile park’s floodlights and noise, a brand new wall is positioned on the property boundary, like the encircling retaining partitions. Contained in the retaining wall, a inexperienced oasis is created with climbing vegetation alongside the partitions, which supplies the largely single-sided constructing nice views and good outside environments regardless of the proximity to the automobile park. Bicycle storage and storage are positioned in opposition to the wall to permit the constructing to face by itself, which additionally gives stunning and useful entry factors on the entrance to the property. The venture allows the constructing to be introduced again into use via a transparent and respectful renovation the place the unique character is highlighted and delivered to life with well-chosen interventions that allow good operate for housing and workplaces, but in addition a wonderful constructing for a very long time to come back.
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