A conservatory is not an extension – it is a stance on how you want to live. Here, in a home in central Oslo, we made it possible to stay close to the garden and the light all year round: a steel-and-glass orangery off the terrace, and a freestanding greenhouse further out in the grounds for the plants that need a room of their own.
We designed the orangery as a natural extension of the house – with black-lacquered steel profiles, floor-to-ceiling glass and a brick wall that echoes the material of the home itself. The new room was never meant to feel like a greenhouse, but like a living room under the open sky.
A fine example of how a thoroughly considered extension can transform the entire experience of a home.
Further out in the garden stands the freestanding greenhouse – a classic glasshouse with a green-lacquered frame, gabled roof and a low brick base. A house in the garden, with its own space for cuttings, herbs and overwintering.
Together the two glasshouses form a choreography: one for rest, one to grow. Both true to the home's design language – yet each with its own clear purpose.
We planned the orientation so the orangery catches the morning sun for breakfast and the evening light for long weekend dinners. The furnishings and textiles are kept in calm, natural tones, so it is the garden outside – not the furniture within – that sets the mood.
The furniture and textiles were chosen in collaboration with Studio Pietra Element – our sister studio for interiors and curated products.
Bjørn Ingvaldsen, project manager at VBKU
We don't move indoors when the weather turns cool any more. We just move one room further out.
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