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Hof Van Duivenvoorde

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

HOF VAN DUIVENVOORDE

70F Architecture

ARCHITECTS
70F Architecture

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luuk Kramer

AREA
180 m²

MANUFACTURERS
Fermob, Foreco, Heko Spanten, Lock&Roll, Simu Buismotoren

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Voorschoten, The Netherlands

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

Text description provided by architect.

The Duivenvoorde foundation was the commissioner and asked 70F architecture to create a building that would look like a barn but at the same time be transparent and have a welcoming atmosphere.

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

Hof van Duivenvoorde is the visitors center that belongs to Duivenvoorde Castle and Estate, a national monument in the city of Voorschoten.

The solution, with its movable facade parts, was a direct hit with the commissioner but turned out to be difficult to execute.

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

No hatch producer or hinge supplier was up for the challenge. Bas ten Brinke, the owner of 70F architecture, therefore decided to do the engineering himself.

Hof van Duivenvoorde inhabits a restaurant, a museum shop, and space for the volunteers who give guided tours of the castle and around the estate.

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

The building is relatively small – 6 x 30 meters – but feels spacious because of the high transparency. You can look from one side of the building to the other.

The building is an example of modern architecture, fitting seamlessly in its 13th-century surroundings defined by the castle.Some of the fixed windows continue up and over the roof-ridge into the back roof plane, towards the monumental garden wall.

Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer

The space above the kitchen (at the far end of the building) and the sanitary unit (in the middle) are left open, thus showing the roof and its construction in its entirety.


Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer
Hof Van Duivenvoorde
© Luuk Kramer


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