Updated production drawings

Merry x-mas / God Jul fra Vikerfjell!

From all of us..

Cladding and insulation ..

We arrived to a fantastic winter landscape. But with temperatures dropping to minus 22 degrees celsius, the workers looked kind of pale :)

First part of the kebonized pine cladding. Give it one season and it will turn grey.

I have decided to use pine around the windows as well and drop aluminum. The black aluminum frames of the windows will be recessed and give a dark shadow-like expression. I can see that some will argue that one should avoid cutting the boards vertically. To avoid that one have to have different gaps between the boards and I would prefer the way they have done it.

Love this color too. This will be the color on the interior cladding in parts of the cabin, though without the gaps.

Insulation-work in progress.

I was excited to see how the sunlight enters the space and hits the concrete wall. This is only going to happen when the sun is as low as during this time of year.

Lake-view.

Mountain-view.

First layer of skin!

After the paneling of the roof was done, the first layer of skin was put up.

Living room and kitchen window openings. The opening above the veranda door will be paneled as well.

Opening for the windows in the kitchen at the same height as the counter top.

View from the hallway.

The horizontal window openings to bring in the view.

The guest room corner with two of the window openings not cut out yet.

Me checking the virtual with the real at an earlier trip.

The protected outdoor space for lots of memorable evenings.

The framework is up and the sun is finally shining!

Floors and concrete wall

We are so thrilled about the results of the concrete wall. I love the way you can see traces from how the cast was buildt. Henning is checking out the proportions of the kitchen corner. This wall will be the lowest part of the whole livingroom/kitchen space.

The cone shaped holes are very nice, but you can still see the steel reinforcing bars, so I guess they will have to be concealed somehow. It looks abit darker now with the moist and ice than what will be the case when its indoor.

The wall with fillet edges. Niiice!!

This is were the staircase will be. The wall looks sleek and nice from here. I can`t wait to see what it will be like to enter the cabin and walk up those few stairs to total bliss with the great mountain view.

The upper level is finished and they are about to start on the walls. In a couple of weeks it will be up and thats when we can really see how the spaces will be like.

Henning is testing out the sofa in the livingroom..

Casting the concrete wall

Some vertical growth is very welcome! What you see is the cast for the concrete wall. The cast will be removed on friday this week. Now, one can more easily envision the scale of the cabin and its spaces. The contractors say that once this is finished, the outer walls and roof will be finnished during november..wow!!

It looks so tall from this angle. The main conceptual reason for the wall is expressing the level-difference between the upper and lower parts of the cabin. On the right side of the wall, there will be a small stair.

I`ve never seen these smart ones before. They make sure the concrete won`t press the sides of the cast apart. They also create a hole in the concrete in a certain pattern. I wonder how these holes usually get to look so nice in other buildings I`ve seen? Anyone?

The concrete was poured minutes before I arrived and was still wet.

A little bit above where the scaffolding is situated infront of the wall, is where the `hems` floor will be. (a deck covering the bathroom, that will serve as a small space with three mattresses.) In this pic you can also see the floor in the north part is in progress.

The I-joists placed in a grid on top of gluelam beams.

Scheme for Kithcen

We bought the stove already, a wonderful smeg oven, half price at Byggreisdeg. Since the wall behind it is concrete, we wanted to have it free standing to expose as much of the wall as possible.
The kitchen is oak, both counter top and front. If I get my details right, the counter top will expand into the window opening of the wall, and give us a larger working plane.

Plan fundament

Last revision of the fundament.

The snow has arrived

They say its early, and it is causing some complications regarding getting stuff to the site...imagine what its going to be like. All the columns are ready and the preparation for the concrete floor is about to finish, but are being delayed due to the late arrival of a tank.  Well, this is the first hurdle so far, and it is not a big one.                                                     

The entrance shaft to the technical room.

The outline of shower/toilet niches...looks so small in plan.

The photo below shows the three rows of concrete columns that will carry the load of the house, pluss 600 kg/m2 of possible snow. As you see they are slightly higher than the ring foundation, to elevate this part of the cabin. My worry is how the landscape facilitates this level difference now that we had to remove all the soil. My guy with the tractor says its going to be great, and by the look of all the gravel that he has put there it looks promising.

Fenestration

This is it. I never thought it was possible to be so indecisive in terms of facade. The big bathroom window was removed in order to get a more clear concept of fenestration. And it will be cheaper, which is always good. 
After lots of research on midrange priced windows we are going for H-vindu with aluminum on the outside. They had the cleanest look and are recommended by professionals. Id love to use Welfac, but it would kill our budget. Why, why, why is beautiful also expensive.