Knit pattern at the cabin with Steni Vision
At a cabin in idyllic Ula in the municipality of Larvik in Vestfold, architect Signe Mossige let her imagination run free with her use of materials. She chose Steni façade panels for her project – which is her family’s cottage. Read on to find out more about Signe’s ideas behind her untraditional choice of cladding.
Work was already underway on an annex to the cabin, but the contractor was happy to join in the fun and the red Steni colour panels were replaced with Steni Vision “knit panels”.
Steni Vision lets you run with your ideas, with only your imagination to limit what you can envision on your cladding... And the patterns in shaded yarn bring you back to the 70s, where home-made knitted sweaters or vests were part of the standard wardrobe.
Steni Vision lets you run with your ideas, with only your imagination to limit what you can envision on your cladding... And the patterns in shaded yarn bring you back to the 70s, where home-made knitted sweaters or vests were part of the standard wardrobe.
The decorative panels were installed as an inset in the façade and are flanked by brown stained wood cladding. The dark cladding serves to calm it all down. The leftover panels have been used as bearing elements for the vertical cladding on the shed.
The gables are set up with recessed areas for workbenches for woodworking and cooking. The outdoor kitchen has “knit panels” on the back wall and a countertop in Verdigris green high-gloss Steni Colour. The same green panel used on the large picnic table can be left out all year, and can also be washed with a garden hose.
The material stands in contrast to everything else in the surroundings, but still fits in nicely. The green pattern echoes the colours of the woods around the cabin. Eventually, the existing cabin will be replaced with a new building and will form a courtyard with the annex. Then, the external cladding will be dark-stained wood and the façades facing the courtyard will be bright STENI panels.
It’s always exciting when panel manufacturers come out with a new colour palette. Steni’s 2014 collection was the year’s best – lots of colours, great colours and a selection that you can mix and match.Signe Mossige, Architect
