A villa in Falsterbo
Villa Edstrand
A villa in Falsterbo by Sigurd Lewerentz
Sigurd Lewerentz was one of the leading architects for "Stockholmsutställningen" in 1930. Lewerentz also designed stainless steel windows and doors for the Malmö-based company Bröderna Edstrand AB. In 1933 the owner Knut and his wife Oda Edstrand commissioned Lewerentz to build them a summer house next to the golf course in Falsterbo.
1937, after more than ten different proposals and extensive correspondence between commissioners and architect, the house was finally ready. The layout of the building was highly related to the golf course and the sea view.
Proposal December 1933
AM 1973-05-240
From the cubic simplicity of Lewerentz first sketches the villa had developed into a modern summer house where the representative areas stretched out almost as if on a luxurious cruiser.
Villa Edstrand
Photo: Eriksson & Westerblad
Through various drawings, models and letters the exhibition puts this four year long process on display. The catalogue which is produced as part of the exhibition features an analytic text written by Wilfried Wang in which he gives a detailed account for the relation between place, architect and commissioners.