Attentionto detail, environment and a playful contrast between the natural and the adapted. A reflection of the austere and minimalist architecture against a backdrop of soft foliage. New in the same way as an emerging season, unknown but familiar at the same time .
The place & the environment
The site is beautifully situated by the lake Storsjön, surrounded by forest with walking and hiking trails. Our hundred meter long sandy beach along the lake invites you to swim. Storsjön is known for its very fine water due to the large inflow and outflow, through Vadeån from the heights of Hassela via Sindra and Harmångersån to the sea in the east. The stream flows down from the mountains through the site and into the lake under the bridge.
There is a modest kitchen garden with crops, flowers and plants, as well as a greenhouse for propagation and kitchen plants. In a chicken yard, the chickens go outside and scratch. Free-growing meadows with different flowers have been created to increase diversity.
There is a recycling station for guests, as well as composting and recycling facilities.
Climate smart & sustainability permeates our place where our main building, which was completed in 2020, is completely designed and built according to guidelines in ecological construction. This applies to everything from building materials to toilet systems. The building's heating system converts waste from the kitchen into floor heating. In the hall there is a blast furnace that works as a tiled stove and can be used to heat the whole house if necessary. The walls of the house are insulated using only wood and air, known as Isotimber. The facade of the house is made of heat-treated wood, locally produced in Forsa outside Hudiksvall. The two side facades at the front consist of clay from Gränsfors mixed with locally produced straw, manure and sand.
The roof consists of living plants, called Sedum, with a carpet of plants and moss on top of a waterproofing layer. It varies in color and flowering, and attracts insects.
The modern houses have their own sewage treatment plant that is purified by UV light. In the service building, there are modern tanks where the contents are placed on top of a layer of gravel, mulch and wood chips, where the urine is diverted. Worms embedded in the ground below break down the feces, which is then composted and reused as soil. The third system is toilets connected to a tank, which are cleaned and drained into the soil.
Sagaliden is owned and run by Gårdar i Nordanstig AB, a small family business, which also organizes courses in forging in cooperation with Gränsfors Bruk.
