#saunders architecture

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Fogo Island

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Villa Storingavika by Saunders Architecture

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Studio structure by the Saunders Architecture group on the remote Canadian island of Fogo

Photo by Bent René Synnevåg for The New York Times

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Long Studio Fogo Island, NL

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Squish Studio / Saunders Architecture ph: Bent René Synnevåg

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Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

by Saunders Architecture

Completion: 2010-2012 - continues

Fogo Island lies 20 kilometers off the coast of Newfoundland, and has a population of about 2 500 people. This beautiful island has been the background of a sociological and economic experiment, where architecture has played a central role.

In addition to restoring a selection of local historical buildings, Shorefast has been working with Saunders Architecture and local craftsmen to create a set of locations for visiting artists, spread out to different villages and communities on the island. In each location the intervention consists of an existing restored hut or cottage, a so-called “salt box” where the artist will live, and a more remote new studio where they will work. So far four studios have been built and two more are underway.

The scale and materiality of the new structures echo local tradition: timber cladding, stilt foundations, proportions and angles. All six new studios are autonomous, with no connection to public electricity, water or sewage. Each is equipped with solar collectors and log burners, composting toilets, rain water harvesting and grey water treatment systems.

(via architecture norway | Fogo Island Artists’ Studios, Newfoundland, Canada)

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Villa Grieg / Saunders Architecture

Completed in 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Images by Ivar Kvaal. The house sits upon the brow of a hill, overlooking the waters of Lake Nordås and its collection of small islands. Situated around fifteen minutes...

“ Todd Saunders describes the house as a kind of ‘view finder’ with the main living spaces looking out across the water, while the side elevations are more protected and relatively enclosed, helping to sharpen the focus upon Lake Nordås itself.

Saunders had just finished working on his own house, Villa S, where he had begun experimenting with a number of successful ideas and design solutions that fed into the design process for Villa Grieg. These included the idea of elevating the main family spaces to enhance connections with the view, a fluid and open plan living area, and a useful sense of separation between these more ‘communal’ parts of the house and spaces devoted to work or study. ”