Set on a sloping plot in the neighborhood of Virum, just north of Copenhagen, the suburban Vigi House dating back to the 60’s has now been completely redesigned and pared back to its elegant and simple structure, emphasizing the spacious qualities within.

While playing on the virtues of an open plan layout, Vigi House features distinctive architectural elements, serving as thoughtful moments and monoliths that break up the space to create a stimulating flow. Now completely remodeled, a neutral color palette and lightly rendered walls allow for a minimalistic and modern aesthetic, whilst highlighting aspects from the original build.

Originally, quite a lot of different materials where in play, which Norm Architects wanted to tone down to create a more coherent and simplified space. They decided to instead work with a few quality materials like natural oak wood flooring and a warm color palette that creates harmony. This way, studio do the open plan layout justice and play on the spacious feeling of the home.

“From the beginning, the house had a lot of architectural qualities like the interconnected levels, which allowed studio to create an interesting space with a double-height fireplace room and dining room, overlooking not only the terrace and garden, but also the kitchen and the stairs going up”– Peter Eland, Norm Architects

While surely opting for a feeling of unity and interconnection throughout the home, we still wanted to work with the different levels, as they create spectacular moments in the architecture and form a seamless transition from one area to another. Now, existing architectural elements such as the brick foundations, timber cladding and the split-level layout has been preserved and remodeled to help create a modern mid-century, minimalist home.