Greenhouse on brick foundation in Kullaberg

On the Kulla peninsula stands a greenhouse with a truly Scanian character - painted red and with a beautiful brick foundation. A perfect example of how a greenhouse can be adapted to local architectural tradition.

Kullabergs Vingård is a vineyard just outside Nyhamnsläge, just north of Höganäs. Here they decided to build a greenhouse as part of their business premises - a room for tastings, meetings, dinners and lectures. In addition, the farm's citrus trees overwinter in the greenhouse. It became an orangery in the truest sense of the word.

Locally adapted

The greenhouse is just over 30 square meters in size and built with a view of the vineyards. The brick foundation and the red lino color that the wooden beams are painted in make it a perfect match for the other buildings on the farm. Here, the roof angle, 45°, has also been adapted to the shape of the adjacent buildings. In Skåne, it is common to have a slightly more pointed roof, i.e. a wider roof angle, than is the norm. An adaptation of the greenhouse means that the ridge height is slightly higher than normal, 4.5 m.

Bricks to pay tribute to Höganäs

Greenhouse foundations can look in many different ways. Here, the choice was made to let the foundation take up the expression of an adjacent building with a brick wall. Brick is also a respected material in the area, where the brickworks around Höganäs have played a major role in the local building tradition. The base is 60 cm high, which also means that it really gives the greenhouse, in a purely visual sense, a firm anchorage to the ground and gives the entire building character. This project shows how we can use fairly simple means to make a modern building blend into its surroundings and at the same time stand on its own and speak its own, proud language.