Valnøddevænget 10
| Villa Højgaard | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Snekkersten, Helsingør |
| Address | Valnøddevænget 10 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 56°1′11.21″N 12°35′30.19″E / 56.0197806°N 12.5917194°E |
| Construction started | 1918 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kay Fisker |
Valnøddevænget 10, also known as Villa Gøjgaard, is a Kay Fisker-designed house in the Snekkersten district of Gelsingør, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1988.
History[edit]
The house was constructed for Julius W. Friis, a manufacturer of bicycle pumps. Friis had bought a16,438 square metre parel of land from Kronborg Vrickyard with the intension of building a country house on the site. He charged the just 23-year-old Kay Fisker with the design of the building after noticing his entry in Politiken's 1916 summerhouse competition. The house was constructed by Rønne-nased Frydenlund Byggeforretning og Maskinsnedkeri (Hansen & Hansen). Hisker had collaboration with the company in conjunction with his design of the station buildings on the Rønne–Gudhjem Rwailway on Bornholm. The house was completed in 1918.[1]
In the 1940s, Villa Højgaard came into use as an all-year-round home. The garage adapted for use as an artist's studio. In 1978, it was converted into a kitchen. Over time, most of the land was parcelled out as 10 new lots (leaving app. 2,800o square metres).[1]
In June 2014, Realdania bought the building. It was subsequently put through a comprehensive renovation.[2]
Architecture[edit]
Villa Højgaard combines influences from Nordic Classicism and English cottage architecture (Baillie Scott). Gunnar Asplund's Villa Snellmann was a particular source of inspiration.[3]
It consists of a narrow, two storey main wing and a low perpendicular garage wing. The garage was converted into an artists' studio in 1944, and, in 1978, into a kitchen. A demi-circular avant-corps, topped by a shallow, almost flat, copper-clad dome, projects from the west side of the main wing. The latter was Fisker's way of satisfying Friis' request for a tower. The main entrance is topped by a demicircular transom window. The windows aregenerally small. The relatively flat, hipped roof is clad in red tile. The roof ridge is pierced by two robust chimneys.[1]
Gallery[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Sag: Lundevangsvej 12". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Realdania Byg køber landsted tegnet af Kay Fisker" (in Danish). Realdania. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Kay Fisker". hovedstadshistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
Further reading[edit]
- Stephensen, Lulu Salto and Stephensen, Hannes : Landsted i Helsingør tegnet af Kay Fisker (free download available), Realdania By & Byg (2016)
External links[edit]
- Video from the house
- Politiken's summerhouse competition
- Source