Architects: Kastler Skjeseth Architects
Area: 120 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Erlend Skjeseth
Manufacturers: AG-Mekanikk
Lead Architect: Erlend Skjeseth
Model Building: Benjamin Sjøberg
Overall Approach: Amandine Kastler
Carpenter: Ole Grimsland
Stonework: Øyvind Fossdal
City: Tvedestrand
Country: Norway
Barn Conversion is a residential project designed by Kastler Skjeseth Architects in Tvedestrand, Norway. This project transforms a 19th-century barn into a modern domestic space while preserving its historical character. Completed in 2020, the conversion maintains original features like fieldstones, notched logs, and a timber frame, and incorporates contemporary amenities including bathrooms, a kitchen, living areas, and bedrooms. The design cleverly uses existing openings to enhance natural light, converting them into picture windows with recessed frames. A notable feature is the masonry and stone fireplace that integrates stairs and storage, replacing a crumbling stone wall but preserving a single original stone as a structural and historical element.
A 19th-century barn on the coast of Norway has been transformed for domestic use for a private client. The barn, originally built with fieldstones, notched logs (laft), and a timber frame, now includes modern amenities such as bathrooms, a kitchen, living spaces, and two bedrooms.
The design focuses on integrating new domestic services while preserving the building’s original features. Existing openings that were once used for animals, hay, and farming equipment, are now utilized to bring in light. These openings have been converted into simple picture windows with recessed frames, maintaining their original simplicity.
A significant feature of the transformation is the masonry and stone fireplace, which incorporates stairs and storage. This element replaces a dilapidated stone wall, retaining one original stone to serve as structural support and a preserved object “as found.”
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Address: Tvedestrand, Norway
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