Country House Goedereede

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

COUNTRY HOUSE GOEDEREEDE

Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten

CATEGORY
Luuk Kramer

CATEGORY
Ses

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Luuk Kramer

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Pieters Bouwtechniek Utrecht, Jaap Dijks

LOCATION
Goeree-overflakkee, The Netherlands 

ADVISOR INSTALLATIONS
Adviesbureau Vd Weele

YEAR
2012

CONTRACTOR
Christian Dörschug

MAIN MANUFACTURER
Lenotec

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

Goeree Overflakkee is a peninsula in the South of the Netherlands. Here, small-scale agricultural use meets the dunes.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

The spacious building site is located on a shallow dyke on the transition between those very different types of landscape.

Looking east one sees meadows and fields. Towards the other side there are windswept trees and dunes.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

One this site family R decided to built a house for themselves and their numerous children and guests to spend weekends and holidays.

The strict local building rules have been formulated to preserve the small-scale character of the place, its very modest buildings, lifestyles and the picturesque remains of a centuries old cultural landscape.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

The design therefore attempts to discretely fit a building programme far bigger than most neighbours into its surroundings in a simple, unostentatious way.

The chosen configuration refers to local building traditions and typologies. Just like a traditional farmhouse the house consists of several elements, a narrow ‘fronthouse’ parallel to the street and a much larger ‘barn’ behind it. Both volumes are internally connected and offer a rich variety of spaces, scales and views.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

The building process has been organised as an international collaboration involving a local contractor and German carpenters.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

The house has been constructed using solid timber panels, varnished with a transparent whitewash kept visible.

Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer
Country House Goedereede
© Luuk Kramer

The surrounding gardens, terraces and landscape will gradually be reconstructed with care and respect to its surroundings, restoring original landscape elements that have been partly lost due to the construction works of the house and the garden of the previous owner.


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North West Elevation
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South East Elevation
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South West Elevation
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North East Elevation


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Ground Floor Plan
Country House Goedereede
First Floor Plan
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Roof Floor Plan

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Site Plan