Client: Northwest Sweden | 2025
Material: Structure in wood
Location: Western Sweden
Area: 152 m²
Gothenburg, Sweden | 2025 Villa S8 was designed for northwest Gothenburg, addressing the challenge of creating architectural ambition within a tight budget. I approached it as a design problem: how do you create a house that feels generous and carefully crafted while staying cost-effective? Every material choice had to count. The answer was discipline and smart moves. I designed spacious interiors with soaring 5-meter-high ceilings in key areas—creating drama and light without adding square meters. Large windows flood the rooms with daylight, but I placed each opening carefully to frame views of nature while protecting privacy from neighbours. The color palette stays natural throughout—both facade and interiors—to create a healthy, nature-inspired atmosphere.
This isn’t decoration; it’s about how materials and light make you feel when you’re living there every day. I chose materials that will age well and require minimal maintenance, so the investment protects itself over decades. What I learned from this project is that cost efficiency and architectural quality aren’t opposites. Sometimes constraints force better solutions. When you can’t add complexity, you focus on proportion, light, and how spaces flow together. The result is a house that feels calm and confident—bold form balanced with quiet, practical performance.
