# Tranquil Sustainable Home Designs Kolman Boye Architects Designs the Saltviga House in Norway By Amy Duong | Published 2023-08-03 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/saltviga-house References: [yankodesign](https://www.yankodesign.com/2023/08/02/minimal-tranquil-seaside-retreat-is-built-using-wood-offcuts-that-were-meant-to-be-discarded/) & [kolmanboye](http://kolmanboye.com/)  Kolman Boye Architects designs the Saltviga House a tranquil retreat located in Lillesand, Norway. It is a unique structure that uses offcut wood in order to reduce waste and negative impacts on the environment. It was constructed using 12,000 pieces of oak wood. This idea came to fruition when Danish flooring imprint [Dinesen](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mata-architects) has a lot of leftover materials that were scrap and offcut from creating its measured floors. The firm speaks about the home, stating that “In our recent projects and in our teaching and research, we have come across Dinesen materials as both the traditional floors and as a scrap, a leftover, an offcut from the production of made-to-measure floors. Making and thinking with these leftovers from the production gave rise to the notion of making a building of them as a sympathetic way of using and ennobling scrap materials that would otherwise have been used as firewood. Besides being beautiful, the off-cuts are low in embodied carbon, and could offer an alternative to more commonly used and more carbon-intensive materials." Image Credit: Kolman Boye Architects ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 14% | Activity: 5% | Freshness: 17% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Tranquil Sustainable Home Designs:** Creating tranquil home designs that prioritize sustainability and utilize offcut materials to reduce waste. - **Unique Structures Using Offcut Wood:** Designing unique structures that make use of offcut wood to minimize negative environmental impacts. - **Alternative Materials for Construction:** Exploring alternative materials, such as offcut wood, that are low in embodied carbon and offer a sustainable option for construction. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Architecture and Design:** Innovations in architecture and design that focus on creating sustainable and eco-friendly structures using offcut materials like oak wood. - **Construction:** Adopting sustainable construction practices by incorporating offcut wood and other alternative materials to reduce waste and carbon emissions. - **Flooring and Wood Products:** Opportunities for flooring and wood product manufacturers to repurpose offcut materials, like those from Dinesen, to create unique and environmentally-friendly products. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Suspended Off-Grid Treetop Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/house-dokka.md) - [Natural Material Stilted Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yngsj.md) - [Architectural Tranquil Cabin Retreats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bolder-londges.md) - [Nature-Rooted Family Retreats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haus-am-lagnesberg.md) - [Relaxing Wooden Holiday Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heatherhill-beach-house.md) - [Coastal Summer Calm Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hors.md) - [Swedish Mountain Timber Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/villa-ottsj.md) - [Natural Material-Crafterd Holiday Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sommarhus-e.md) - [Log Cabin-Inspired Minimal Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/restua.md)