Vipp Shelter

Why it is renowned

Dezeen covered the Shelter in 2017 as Vipp's first venture into dwellings, a factory-made micro dwelling of metal and glass delivered full of the company's own products.¹ Vipp's chief executive Kasper Egelund calls it a pod of tranquility designed as a large-scale Vipp product.²

Recognition

• Dezeen, London¹2017article on the Shelter as Vipp's first dwelling

The story

Vipp designed the Shelter with the architects Arcgency, drawing on its own long work in steel; Arcgency lists it as finished in 2015, and Dezeen dates its unveiling to the same year.²³¹ It was conceived as a product that can be placed anywhere rather than a building for one site: a grid of steel carries both levels, the whole cabin weighs 25 tonnes, and it measures 11.5 by 5.2 metres.³ Dezeen reported that each was prefabricated just north of Copenhagen, took six months to make and three to five days to install.¹

The rectangular box of metal and glass stands on pilotis, with two volumes rising from the roof: a light chimney and a sleeping loft under a glazed ceiling.¹ Inside are a kitchen, a dining and living area, a bathroom and the mezzanine loft, heated by a fireplace and the floor.² Sliding windows run from floor to ceiling, and the fittings are Vipp's own, from shelving, furniture and lamps to linens, soap dispensers and toilet brushes.¹

One Shelter stands on Lake Immeln in southern Sweden, with a private pier, where Vipp lets it to guests.²