Gale / 18 m·s⁻¹

Internal concept

Storm House

A horizontal refuge cut into basalt, holding one warm line against the North Atlantic.

Held by the site.

Opened to
weather.

A horizontal refuge cut into basalt, holding one warm line against the North Atlantic.

LOCATION

Vestland

YEAR

2026

AREA

218 m²

STATUS

Internal concept

CONDITION

Gale / 18 m·s⁻¹

MATERIALS

Basalt / Charred pine

STORM HOUSE / SPATIAL STUDY

01—06

From exposure

to shelter.

A journey through one imagined refuge — from the pressure of the coast to the quiet of its interior.

01 / THE SITE

A LINE HELD WITHIN THE ROCK.

02—03 / APPROACH & THRESHOLD

Leave the

weather outside.

A rock-cut arrival study. A recessed threshold. The landscape gradually becomes shelter.

SCROLL TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD

02 / 06

04—05 / INTERIOR STUDIES

The weather stops.

The horizon doesn’t.

Timber, stone and a continuous view. Two perspectives on the same sheltered interior.

04 / LIVING

A QUIETER KIND OF EXPOSURE.

One material language.

From the rock beneath the house
to the surfaces within it.

05 / KITCHEN

STONE BECOMES A DAILY RITUAL.

06 / THE ENVELOPE

Built to

weather.

Rough basalt. Charred pine. Rain on glass. A study of the boundary between exposure and warmth.

BASALT / CHARRED PINE / GLASS

One warm line against the Atlantic.

AI-generated architectural studies · Fictional concept · Arrival and interiors are speculative interpretations.

PRIMARY FORCE

Wind

TEMPERATURE

4°C

EXPOSURE

Atlantic front

LIGHT

Low winter sun

The condition.
The response.

The exposed coast offers no neutral ground. Wind crosses the site from three directions, rain travels almost horizontally and the cliff permits only a narrow inhabitable line.

The house is drawn as a low retaining edge rather than an object. Service rooms form a protective back, while living spaces open through a continuous amber threshold toward the sea.