The Black Box
The Black Box
A year after the death of his wife Edith (March 17, 1969), Lewerentz moved to Kävlingevägen 26 in Lund.
He was able to do this due to the appreciation of a fellow architect, Klas Anselm, who not only gave Lewerentz free
use of a house he owned, but also converted and expanded it to meet Lewerentz's needs.
The most important change was the construction of a studio in the garden. It became a tar-scented box with floors
of spruce boards, walls made of asphalt-impregnated wood fiber boards and a roof covered with aluminum
cardboard.
Three diagonally placed plastic domes on the roof provided light, but not transparency. In one corner was a door
that led out into the garden. The design of the studio explains the name - The Black Box.