Modern Timber House Design With Nine Interlinked Cylindrical Structures Create Circular Rooms

‘Birkedal’, or ‘birch dale’ in English, was designed and built single handedly by the Jan Henrik Jansen with the goal to create a sustainable and peaceful family retreat on the bucolic Danish island of Møn. Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Facade, Terrace 0:40 - Entrance, Entry 1:05 - Living room interior 1:36 - Kitchen interior 2:00 - Dining room interior 2:24 - Bedroom interior 3:12 - Bathroom interior 3:39 - Floor plan The house comprises nine interlinked cylindrical volumes constructed with intricate timber frames and clad with narrow spruce branches which are a waste product of the forestry industry. birkedal is round-shaped. However, this is not the only reason why the house is not easy to “decode” at first sight. The architect has invented, planned and built it single-handedly over a period of 5 years. Each centimetre of the building is the materialisation of his thoughts and concepts; each element was put in place by him. The house is complex, unconve