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Architects Katariina Tanner & Emilia Aalto:
Basic design principles for a beautiful house

This documentary shows you how we turned our Honka Tuuli model into Auri and Jukka Heiskanen’s dream house, Villa Aurinko. You will hear our architects’ expert tips on basic design principles, designing functional interiors and positioning buildings on the plot. On the video, Honka architects Emilia Aalto and Katariina Tanner and Honka sales representative Tapio Ahlblad share their insights. This video is subtitled in English, Swedish, German, and Japanese, which can be activated by clicking the ⚙️ icon → Subtitles.

Contents

0:00 Introduction
01:03 Interior design of the villa
03:54 Interior dimensioning and functionality
05:06 Connection to nature
05:39 House massing
07:13 Placement of buildings on the plot
09:25 Positioning the buildings on the project plot
11:29 Considering privacy in the layout design
13:14 Katariina’s favourite model
14:20 Emilia’s advice for home builders
15:30 Emilia’s favourite model