The house was built for Swedish fashion designer Kristina Tjäder, her husband and their two daughters in Danderyd, just north of Stockholm. The family Lived in a 90m2 one-story house with basement, built in 1947, which was converted through a radical makeover.
Studio name: Andersson Arfwedson arkitekter AB
Design team: Ola Andersson, Ulrika Romare
Area: 310 m2
Location: Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden
Photography Credits: Andy Liffner and Tove Falk-Olsson
The house now has a central living space, the full height of the building, with daylight from above and a view of the garden and pool. The north and west sides were extended to the limit of the full building envelope allowed by the municipality, and the house now has 310 m2 of living space.
The façade towards the street is relatively closed, and the entrance is reached from the driveway in the northwest corner of the plot. From the entrance, with cloakroom and guest bathrooms, the central space is reached. The inner part of this space lies under a gallery on the upper floor that contains an informal living space for the family. Below this is a fireplace with built-in sofas.
The kitchen and dining area, half a level up from the central space, is reached by a staircase, which continues to the family living-room and from there to the bedrooms.
