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PROJECT BY STUDIO PADRON

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

“Hemmelig Rom,” which translates to the “Secret Room” in Norwegian, is a guest house for photographer Jason Koxvold’s vacation home in upstate New York.He wanted to add a separate, single room library on the property that would serve as an intimate respite within the forest and provide an additional guest room.

Hemmelig Rom is a collaboration with an architecture firm-Studio Padron.

The monolithic black form recedes into the surrounding forest during certain seasons and lighting conditions.

During the construction of the main residence, several oak trees were felled to clear the site.Its foreboding exterior hides a more welcoming experience: a warm, silent interior library, constructed from 12,000lbs of red oak milled on the property.

The oak was cut into rectangular logs and left to dry on-site for several years.

A logic of stacking was developed that created a varied lining of shelving and cubbies on all faces of the room with a picture window to the forest, and a simple wood stove to provide heat.

The massive volume of wood becomes a heatsink, storing energy from the single cast-iron stove to allow the temperature to self-regulate.

Guests are invited to leave a private message in one of the 2,500 books on the shelves.In addition to the reading materials, the Hemmelig Rom is complete with a bed and a wood-burning stove.

In contrast to the warmth of the interior, the monolithic black exterior strikes a strong figure in the landscape, creating an enigmatic presence in the winter terrain.

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