House as a toy

A young couple found themselves in a situation where, prompted by their small children, the initiative arose to design a garden structure, a "toy" for leisure activities. The design of the garden cabin consists of a simple construction of a single-story module with a shed roof. Two such modules with opposing roof slopes are connected to form a separate object.
The first one is divided by an attic floor, accessible via a built-in ladder, to ensure full use for children's play. The second one (to the scale of an adult) provides oversight of the children's game. The object appears abstract due to its volume and unconventional mass. The interior is designed according to a child's understanding of the operation of a family home. The space changes according to the moods of its young users. A simple children's "family house" transforms into the interior of a medieval castle with a castle tower and a view from the attic window. Imagination is left solely to the children’s creativity and mood. The construction, floors, walls, and roof were made of spruce wood, partially sourced from the owner's own production. The rest of the wood was purchased from a local sawmill. The building was realized using traditional construction methods and techniques used in Finland for constructing rural barns. These methods include ventilating individual boards with an air gap the width of a nail and overlapping the batten of the roof covering, which prevents water seepage.
The object, set on stilts, was built by the owner's family (2 adults and 2 small helpers) over the course of two weeks. The construction process also had an educational character for the children, who had the opportunity for direct contact with the process of transforming their ideas into a real functional form.