Tappen is a minimalist house located in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Joliark. The project comprises 44 dwellings organized within two volumes. A driving force in the design process has been the preservation of a pure and simple material expression. Rigorously composed meetings between wood, concrete and steel ensure the maintenance of a sense of whole.

The façade wraps around the structure like a protective cloak of galvanized steel sheet, an image emphasized by flush precision detailing. The thematic solidity of the project is juxtaposed by its western elevation where double height balcony compartments create the explicit doll’s house aesthetic. As a metaphor the doll’s house also relates particularly well to the legibility of the buildings, the internal arrangement manifesting itself clearly to the passer-by as the balconies define the scope of each dwelling.