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Dutch cabin
design ANNA
wins prestigious
2021 Architizer A+
Awards Project of
the Year Award
Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
he versatile wooden cabin, ANNA Stay, from the Dutch
designer Caspar Schols, has won the internationally acclaimed
T2021 Architizer A+Awards Project of the Year Award. The
architectural award follows ANNA Stay’s selection as the Jury Winner
in the Architecture +Living Small category.
Designed for living within the elements through the configuration of
its layers, ANNA Stay is a dynamic wooden home in the shape of an
open platform, enabling adjustments to its wooden exterior and glass
interior to adapt to any occasion, mood, or weather condition.
Project of the Year Award
With more than 5,000 entries, from more than 100 countries, the
Architizer A+Awards is the world’s largest awards programme for
architecture and building-products, with five Project of the Year
Awards handed out that champion architecture’s impact on everyday
life.
Honoured
“We are very pleased to receive this A+ Awards Project of the Year
Award. Being recognized with this prestigious award is a great
honour,” says Schols. “With ANNA Stay, we want to invite people to
experience living outdoors, and to create a deeper connection with
nature, self, and others. We believe that the enhancement of this
sensitivity will result in more love and care for nature, the planet, and
for people at large.”
Living with nature
The idea of ANNA Stay is derived from a desire to live with nature’s
elements, rather than shielding them off. “It’s primarily about being
outside, and about creating a dynamic interaction between yourself,
cabin ANNA as your home, and nature,” explains Schols.
The cabin has two different ‘shells’ as outer walls, supported on rails.
The inner wall, consisting of a framework of wood and glass, is
separated from the roofed, wooden outer wall. By shifting the shells
and the glass framework, different setups are possible. “Just as you
adjust your clothes to suit the weather, your mood, or the occasion,”
Schols continues.
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