MAGNUS WESTERGREN

Architecture




Whistle Pig Sauna & Bathhouse — 2020 Current

Intended to serve guests staying at the Great House at the Whistle Pig Whiskey Farm & Distillery in Shoreham, Vermont. The Sauna and bathhouse is a wood-fired traditional sauna, perched on a stone plinth containing a cold plunge pool and eight-person hot-tub. Echoing the materials used in the aging of whiskey and the local stone farm walls, the small wood sauna features charred wood siding, cedar interior, and a local granite base. Situated up the slope from the main house, the porch offers expansive views over the 500-acre property.



Aegean Barrel Vault House — 2021 study

A five-bedroom vacation home for the Aegean, exploring a compression-only masonry construction, utilizing traditional Catalan tile vault technology. Load-bearing stone walls, made up of local stone, supporting a ring of reinforced concrete doubling as lintels over openings. The load of the two tile barrel vaults transferring their load into the reinforced concrete ring. A vegetated greenroof using the left-over spaces formed by the vault. 



Kajutomhus — 2019 Completed

An AHU (Additional Housing Unit) for a small but growing family in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The conversion of a former garage to a guesthouse with a kitchen and bathroom added.




Ionian Villa — 2019 study 

Study for a hillside villa on the west coast of Corfu, Greece. Retaining walls and terraces in rough local stone, with an arched volume in Ionian Pink perched on top.

 






Random works, Magnus Westergren