Collection · Hana Vestergaard · 2024
The Hollow House
A courtyard cut into the slope, open only to the sky.
The house
Vestergaard put the entire house below the natural ground line and opened it to a single square courtyard. From the track above you see a meadow with a hole in it. From inside you see nothing but your own walls and the sky.
The roof is planted with the seed mix taken from the site before excavation, and it has taken.
Shown by appointment only, accompanied.
What makes it
- Entirely below the natural ground line
- One square courtyard, open only to the sky
- Roof meadow grown from the site’s own seed
- Shortlisted, Pacific Coast Architecture Prize 2025
Photographs
Specification
What isin it
Interior
- Rooms arranged on all four sides of the court
- Board-formed concrete throughout
- Rooflit bathing court
- Wine store cut into the slope
Exterior
- Planted roof meadow
- Sunken gravel courtyard
- Concealed vehicle court
- Creek frontage
Services
- Ground-source heat pump array
- MVHR
- Battery storage
- Full building automation
Where it is
Alder Hollow
Second-growth forest with a dozen clearings, most of them spoken for.
