Behind the door in a house by André Pihl you will find yourself at home. If the disposition makes you bewildered, as the bat-shaped plan of House in Karlshamn, the confusion is gone when you enter the hall. The architecture of the house guides you thru a sequence of spaces of universal qualities. The proportions and the rhythm of the dwellings follow a century-old, if not millennial-old scheme. Yet, there is something completely new and intriguing about the few houses that Pihl have presented so far. The idea of a loop as in House in Karlshamn for example; you can enter the house by two separate doors that brings you into two different compartment which unite in a common space in the core. Or the layout of House of Straw, where the bathroom is placed between the public domain and the bedroom. The H-shaped plan for the communications in the small House in Baskemölla is another of these idiosyncrasies that may seem odd at a first glance, and then perfectly make sense. This is how architecture evolves. By adding new qualities to ancient wisdom. Words by Rasmus Wærn.

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