Summer kitchen in Korvamäe (Shelter for outdoor activity)

Summer kitchen in Korvamäe. Korvamäe is a relatively traditional SouthEstonian farm. It has dwelling house,a assistance/ storage house and a pond with a sauna that was built 10 years ago. Our initial task was to plan an canopy near the outdoor fireplace and cooking stove. Apparently we discovered during the process that the location of the fireplace had already been misplaced. Instead of the fireplace becoming the focus of social life, it was the sauna and pond that had claimed that place. Therefore the new outdoor kitchen was to be built there. As the sauna was constructed as an integral object, we therefore decided to design the kitchen somewhat different. At first we watned to hide the kitchen inside the earth, but we didn't find a proper solution. The shaping of the earth lead us to a minimalistic sculpture. We preserved the dynamics and homogeneity of the ground, but we presented it as a geometrical object. Because of the client's wish to have an easily constructable building made of light materials, we chose wooden framework as our construction element and waterproof plywood for cover as it makes the framework more rigid. The outdoor kitchen is a simple, yet emotional building that brings people joy.