Holiday home Vipp Cold Hawaii

On the coast of Thy, Den­mark’s largest national park, the wild sea merges seam­lessly into the waves of the densely over­grown dunes. There is neither beginning nor end in sight here. Only now and then do old fisher­men’s huts and small vil­lages appear along the endless stretch of coast, also known as the surfers’ paradise of Cold Hawaii.

In the midst of this land­scape, on a secluded 9,900 m² plot of land, stands the Vipp Cold Hawaii — a his­toric fisher­man’s house from 1900 that has been com­pletely recon­s­tructed and trans­formed into a modern holiday home by the young Danish architect couple Ebbe Lavsen and Caroline Hahn from hahn­lavsen studio. Like all guest houses from the Danish design brand Vipp, the reinter­preted fisher­man’s house in Thy takes up a regional archetype and focuses on the dia­logue between object and space. In keeping with its location, the building defies the forces of nature with ele­gance and blends into its sur­roun­dings with all its sim­plicity.

The essential design prin­ciple was the limi­tation to five mate­rials: the walls are made of white­washed brickwork, the roof of unt­reated Douglas fir. The huge glass walls are shel­tered from the outside and open up the rooms inside to the vastness of nature. The brick floors laid with sand look like a con­ti­nuation of the long sandy beaches in front of the large windows. As a tra­di­tional element, each room fea­tures classic oak stable doors, remi­niscent of the ori­ginal use.
While the exterior is cha­rac­te­rised by the rawness and clarity of the mate­rials, the interior is domi­nated by fix­tures, fur­niture and objects of out­standing craft­smanship. Here, too, a reduced material palette of wood, metal, glass, stone and natural fibres can be found. Com­bined with vintage relics and works by local artists. All in warm, under­stated sandy tones, with per­meable fabrics and special tex­tures inspired by the sur­rounding beaches, dunes and cliffs.

The two-storey house has three double bed­rooms, two of which are equipped with an addi­tional bunk bed, two artfully designed bath­rooms, a utility room and a com­bined living and cooking area. The large kitchen island with an open view of the national park forms the cen­tre­piece of the house and almost looks like an altar. The mini­malist interplay of cool alu­minium, white­washed walls and custom-made fix­tures made of warm oak wood also defines the dining area. Flanked by textile details and other works of art. With three large window fronts, the living room becomes almost an open-air cinema with a view of the endless expanse and the starry sky — accom­panied by the steady rhythm of the sea.

Find out more about Kasper Egelund, CEO of the Danish design brand VIPP.

What to do

Thy National Park is right on the doorstep for hiking, biking, swimming, surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and stand-up paddling, beach walks, bird watching, fishing, kayaking, horse riding, excursions to various architectural sights, such as BIG's Bunker Tirpitz, the Wadden Sea Centre by architect Dorte Mandrup or the Statens Museum for Kunst (a branch of the Danish National Museum). BIG's Tirpitz bunker, the Wadden Sea Centre by architect Dorte Mandrup or the Statens Museum for Kunst (branch of the Danish National Museum), excursions to the cities of Aarhus and Aalborg and a variety of culinary highlights.

Why we like this house

Freedom as far as the eye can see: a house of exceptional architectural quality in symbiosis with the undisguised beauty of nature.

This house is great for

Enthusiasts of slow living, wave chasers and nature lovers

Sustainability

E-charging station at the house

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